Dobrzynski A. The Attributes of Evil in the European Philosophical and Theological Tradition: the Ontological Perspective.

The thesis conducted a theoretical generalization of the European philosophical and theological thought, considering the logical and chronological stages of formation of the ontological dimension of the problem of evil. Based on the analysis of traditional concepts of evil has been formed the conceptual model two main approaches to the subject: the positive and the negative ontology of evil. The author structured the methodological principles and analytical tools of the research: an original project was proposed to construct the structure of the ontology of evil, carried out on the basis of analytical comprehension and creative development of the principles of Alfred North Whitehead's non-classical ontology and the theory of the heterogony of ends proposed by Wilhelm Wundt. Based on these metaphysical and methodological principles (considering the main mechanism of the actual essence of evil), the author has made and justified the division into «pure» and «mixed» (complex) the topical entities (cases) of evil. This helped determine the main directions of studying the process of evil. The process of deploying evil in the world is considered through its functional load for the world, God and man. Regarding the functions of evil, the following vectors of action are distinguished: (1) metaphysical; (2) aesthetic; (3) ethical; (4) dialectical; (5) phenomenological.