The Problem of Evil in Philosophy, Literature, and Film Professor Jean-Pierre Dupuy FrenchGen 265, PoliSci 338E Ethics in Society Winter 2014, 3-5 units Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), Professor of French and, by courtesy, of Political Science, Stanford University, will teach this seminar on the problem of evil in the winter quarter of 2013-14. Cain and Abel. Bernd Krderke. 1982 Provisional Syllabus [as of January 2013] Course Description This seminar will explore how the apparent existence of evil in the world has been perceived, felt, analyzed, conceptualized, and dealt with over time, from the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and tsunami to our post-Auschwitz, post-Hiroshima era. We'll take it for granted that "the problem of evil is the guiding force of modem thought", to quote from 1 EFTA01103897