Thomas Nys is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Stephen de Wijze is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Manchester, UK.

Introduction Thomas Nys and Stephen de Wijze

Part 1: Historical explorations of Evil

1. Plato on Evil Alina Scudieri

2. Augustine on Evil Philip Cary

3. Aquinas on Evil W. Matthews Grant

4. Machiavelli: The Drama of Politics and Its Inherent Evil Giovanni Giorgini

5. Hobbes on Evil Laurens van Apeldoorn

6. Leibniz On Evil: God's Justice in the Best of All Possible Worlds Agustín Echavarría

7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the Origin and Nature of Evil Jason Neidleman

8. Kant: The Evil in All of Us Matthé Scholten

9. Sade: Mushroom Clouds and Silver Linings Thomas Nys

10. Nietzsche's Critique of Morality and His Effort to Create an Evaluation 'Beyond Good and Evil' Paul van Tongeren

11. Hannah Arendt's Double Account of Evil: Political Superfluousness and Moral Thoughtlessness Peg Birmingham

12. After the Fall: Camus on Evil Matthew Sharpe

Part 2: Recent Secular Explorations of Evil

13. Deliver us from Evil: The Case for Scepticism Phillip Cole

14. Does the term 'evil' have any explanatory power? Eve Garrard

15. Defining the concept of evil: Insights from our pre-cognitive responses Stephen de Wijze

16. Evil and Wrongdoing Todd Calder

17. Evil Characters Peter Brian Barry

18. Defining evil actions: Different approaches Luke Russell

19. Different Substantive Conceptions of Evil Actions Paul Formosa

Part 3: Evil and other Issues

20. Evil and Punishment Leo Zaibert

21. Evil and Forgiveness Kathryn J. Norlock

22. Evil and Freedom Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

23. Evil and Power Simona Forti

24. Evil and Childhood Gideon Calder

25. Evil's Diachronic Characteristics Zachary J. Goldberg

26. Evil, Genocide, and Mass Atrocities Jonathan Leader Maynard

27. Evil: A Comparative Overview Michiel Leezenberg