Forgiveness and Mercy,9780521395670

Forgiveness and Mercy

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780521395670
ISBN10: 0521395674
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1990-08-31
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

This book focuses on the degree to which certain moral and legal doctrines are rooted in specific passions that are then institutionalized in the form of criminal law. A philosophical analysis is developed of the following questions: When, if ever, should hatred be overcome by sympathy or compassion? What are forgiveness and mercy and to what degree do they require--both conceptually and morally--the overcoming of certain passions and the motivation by other passions? If forgiveness and mercy indeed are moral virtues, what role, if any, should they play in the law?

Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgments ix
Jeffrie Murphy
Jean Hampton
Introduction 1(1)
The retributive emotions
1(9)
Jeffrie Murphy
Forgiveness and Christianity
10(4)
Jean Hampton
Forgiveness and resentment
14(21)
Jeffrie Murphy
Forgiveness, resentment and hatred
35(53)
Jean Hampton
Hatred: a qualified defense
88(23)
Jeffrie Murphy
The retributive idea
111(51)
Jean Hampton
Mercy and legal justice
162(25)
Jeffrie Murphy
Index 187

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