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    STUDIA PHILOSOPHIA - Issue no. 3 / 2022  
         
  Article:   BOOK REVIEW: ZACHARY J. GOLDBERG, EVIL MATTERS: A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY, 2021, NEW YORK: ROUTLEDGE STUDIES IN ETHICS AND MORAL THEORY, 254 PAGES, ISBN: 978-0-367-89402-3 (HBK); ISBN: 978-1-032-05242-7 (PBK); ISBN: 978-1-003-02157-5 (EBK).

Authors:  AMIRA RIHAB SAIDI.
 
       
         
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Published Online: 2022-12-10

pp. 161-165

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Zachary J. Goldberg is a Ph.D. holder in moral philosophy from Arizona State University. For the present moment, he is an “Ethics Innovation Manager” at Trilateral Research, a UK and IE- ethical AI software-based enterprise. His research interests are applied ethics and moral, political, and social philosophy. In this landmark study, Evil Matters: A Philosophical Inquiry, Zachary Goldberg presents the findings of his long-term research project entitled “Components of Evil: An Analysis of Secular Moral Evil and its Normative and Societal Implications” at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. Distant from any religious contextualization of the concept of evil, Goldberg, in this volume, delivers a complete study on evil action by revisiting previous philosophical studies on evil acts and their relation to human understanding. The context of this volume focuses solely on evil performative actions and does not discuss evil personhood. This book engages an interesting philosophical and intellectual commentary on the complex philosophical speculations which require on the one hand amendments in some cases and on the other, further explanations. This philosophical chef-d’oeuvre is divided into six chapters; each centered on different metaphysical questions whereby the author is keen on bringing forth precise and meticulous arguments in favor of his conclusions.
 
         
     
         
         
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