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Forgiveness and mercy / Jeffrie G. Murphy and Jean Hampton.
- Title
- Forgiveness and mercy / Jeffrie G. Murphy and Jean Hampton.
- Author
- Murphy, Jeffrie G.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Hampton, Jean
- Description
- xii, 194 p.; 24 cm.
- 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?
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in philosophy and law
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in philosophy and law
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Retributive emotions / Jeffrie Murphy -- Forgiveness and Christianity / Jean Hampton -- Forgiveness and resentment / Jeffrie Murphy -- Forgiveness, resentment and hatred / Jean Hampton -- Hatred / Jeffrie Murphy -- Retributive idea / Jean Hampton -- Mercy and legal justice / Jeffrie Murphy.
- ISBN
- 0521361281
- 0521395674 (pbk)
- LCCN
- ^^^88009502^
- OCLC
- 17674669
- SCSB-9936448
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library