A Good Look at Evil. Abigail L. Rosenthal. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 1987. Pulitzer Prize-nominated, Abigail Rosenthal’s A Good Look at Evil is an exploration of the philosophical problem evil from a literary perspective: What is evil? How can we recognize it? And how can we resist it? After reviewing the philosophical and psychological literature on the question of evil, Rosenthal finds the answers unsatisfactory and therefore adopts a literary approach to the question. By doing so, Rosenthal shows what evil is and how it is a perennial threat to us.
Good review -- and interesting book. Have you read M. Scott Peck's study of evil, The People of the Lie?
An excellent review of a challenging book, the best study of evil since Augustine!