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Judging and Understanding : Essays on Free Will, Narrative, Meaning and the Ethical Limits of Condemnation.

This collection embodies a debate that explores the tension between judging and understanding. It brings together work dealing with the moral, metaphysical, epistemological and phenomenological issues required for understanding whether or not there is a tension between judging and understanding and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tabensky, Pedro Alexis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham : Ashgate Pub., 2007.
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  • Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Narrative, Explanation and Forgiveness: The Limits of Condemnation; 1 Equity and Mercy; 2 Explanation and Condemnation; 3 Understanding 'Understanding' in The Reader; 4 Living with the Self: Self-Judgement and Self-Understanding; 5 The Case for Moral Complexity; Part II: Free Will, Determinism and Moral Responsibility: Challenging Retributive Judgement; 6 Moved Movers: Transfiguring Judgement Practices; 7 Philosophy, Determinism and Moral Responsibility in Times of Atrocity; 8 Is to Understand to Forgive or at Least not to Blame?
  • 9 The Real MePart III: The Ethical Function of Condemnation; 10 Judging Because Understanding: A Defence of Retributive Censure; 11 Understanding Condemnation: A Plea for Appropriate Judgement; 12 Humanizing Evil-Doers; 13 The Unbearable Space of Schlink's Persona; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.