Philosophy Week 15

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ASSIGNMENT: For the final discussion question, please reflect a little on Soren Kierkegaard’s conception of evil. You can address one or all of these questions: Is it convincing? Unconvincing? Perhaps a little bit of both? Why? What examples from real life can you offer to depict aspects of evil such as the shutupness, the contentless, and the sudden? How might, despite the problems I raised about evil being inscrutable or difficult to understand, might we predict and avoid evil actions?  LINKS: http://www.philosophicaleggs.com/121-the-demonic-part-3-evil-is-self-deafeating-and-inscrutable/ STUDY QUESTIONS: Know what, according to Kierkegaard, demonic evil is, what its three traits are, how each of these traits can help show how evil is self-destructive and yet inscrutable (something we can’t fully understand), and why the demonic occurs.