Forgiveness and Mercy by Jeffrie G Murphy

Forgiveness and Mercy by Jeffrie G Murphy

This book focuses on the degree to which certain moral and legal doctrines are rooted in specific passions that are then institutionalised 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?

'Their analyses of these crucial emotions are clear, elegant and sufficiently controversial to initiate an exciting and much needed discussion of the proper role and the nature of the personal passions in social practice and theories' Robert C. Solomon, University of Texas, Austin

Hampton, Jean: - Jean Hampton completed her PhD under the direction of John Rawls at Harvard University. She was a Harvard Knox Fellow at Cambridge University, Pew Evangelical Scholar, and a distinguished visiting lecturer at Dalhousie University, University of Notre Dame, Pomona College, and Bristol University. She taught at several American institutions, most recently the University of Arizona, where she was a professor of philosophy at the time of her death in 1996. Her last book, The Authority of Reason, was published posthumously in 1998.

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ISBN 13	9780521395670
ISBN 10	0521395674
Title	Forgiveness and Mercy
Author	Jeffrie G Murphy
Series	Cambridge Studies In Philosophy And Law
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1990-08-31
Number of pages	208
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