{"product_id":"order-of-evils-toward-an-ontology-of-morals","title":"Order of Evils: Toward an Ontology of Morals","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOrder of Evils: Toward an Ontology of Morals\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAdi Ophir\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781890951511\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eZone Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e704\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat remains of moral judgment when truth itself is mistrusted, when the validity of every belief system depends on its context, when power and knowledge are inextricably entangled? Is a viable moral theory still possible in the wake of the postmodern criticism of modern philosophy? \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Evils\u003c\/i\u003e responds directly to these questions and dilemmas with one simple and brilliant change of focus. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRather than concentrating on the age-old themes of justice and freedom, Adi Ophir offers a moral theory that foregrounds the existential and political nature of Evil. Ophir's main contention is that evil is neither a diabolical element residing in the hearts of men nor a meaningless absence of the good. Rather, it is the socially structured order of \"superfluous evils.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvils, like pain, suffering, loss, and humiliation, are superfluous when they could have -- but have not -- been prevented. Through close analysis of seminal works by modern and postmodern philosophers -- from Rousseau, Kant, Marx, Sartre, and Arendt to Foucault, Lévinas, Derrida, and Lyotard -- Ophir forges a new perspective for thinking about what it means to be a moral being; to be moral, he argues, is to care for others and to be committed to preventing, at all costs, their suffering and distress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA theoretically sophisticated work, \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Evils\u003c\/i\u003e also bears the traces of Ophir's own political and personal experiences as an Israeli philosopher and activist. Two major events in recent Jewish history have profoundly influenced his thinking: the Holocaust and the prolonged Israeli domination of Palestinians in the occupied territories, both of which are interpreted within the author's moral framework as systematic productions of evils. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOphir does not compare the two events. Instead, he introduces a typology of disasters that allows them to be located within the wide spectrum of human-generated calamities whose specificity and general patterns emerge clearly and distinctly as what they are and are not.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Zone Books","offers":[{"title":"Order of Evils: Toward an Ontology of Morals | Adi Ophir | Hardcover | 9781890951511 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks C 1759450","offer_id":49199691301016,"sku":"1759450","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51DMq0R1fvL.jpg?v=1780697325","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/order-of-evils-toward-an-ontology-of-morals","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}