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The decline of mercy in public life /

The virtue of mercy is widely admired, but is now marginalized in contemporary public life. Yet for centuries it held a secure place in western public discourse without implying a necessary contradiction with justice. Alex Tuckness and John M. Parrish ask how and why this changed. Examining Christia...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tuckness, Alex Scott, 1971-
Otros Autores: Parrish, John M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York City : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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520 |a The virtue of mercy is widely admired, but is now marginalized in contemporary public life. Yet for centuries it held a secure place in western public discourse without implying a necessary contradiction with justice. Alex Tuckness and John M. Parrish ask how and why this changed. Examining Christian and non-Christian ancient traditions, along with Kantian and utilitarian strains of thought, they offer a persuasive account of how our perception of mercy has been transformed by Enlightenment conceptions of impartiality and equality that place justice and mercy in tension. Understanding the logic of this decline, they argue, will make it possible to promote and defend a more robust role for mercy in public life. Their study ranges from Homer to the late Enlightenment and from ancient tragedies to medieval theologies to contemporary philosophical texts, and will be valuable to readers in political philosophy, political theory, and the philosophy of law. 
505 0 |a Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviation list with full citations and method of citation; Introduction; The Meaning of Mercy and the Problem of Injustice; Genealogies of Mercy; Overview of the Book; Part I Mercy and Politics Outside the Western Christian Tradition; Chapter 1 Mercy and Justice in Buddhist, Islamic, and Eastern Orthodox Thought; Buddhism; Islam; Orthodox Christianity; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Mercy and the Ancient Defense of Honor; Mercy in Ancient Literature; Plato on Punishment and Mercy; Aristotle's Mercy as Equity 
505 8 |a Clemency in RomeSeneca; Conclusion; Part II Mercy and Justice in the Western Christian Tradition; Chapter 3 Mercy as Charity in Augustine and Early Christian Thought; Mercy in Early Christian Theology and Practice; Divine Justice and Mercy in Augustine; Augustine's Rationales for Human Mercy and Punishment; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Christian Mercy from Anselm to Calvin; Anselm's Why God Became Man; Abelard and Aquinas; Luther and Calvin; Conclusion; Part III Modern Liberalism and the Decline of Mercy; Chapter 5 Modern Natural Law Theory; Grotius; Hobbes; Locke 
505 8 |a Mercy, the Poor, and the Rhetoric of RightsConclusion; Chapter 6 The Rise of Utilitarianism and the Return of Retributivism; The Foundations of Utilitarianism; Hume; Utility and Punishment; Beccaria; Moral Realism and the Return of Retributivism; Clarke and Price; The Importance of Impartiality; Butler; Rousseau; Smith; Conclusion; Part IV Mercy and Impartiality in the Utilitarian and Kantian Traditions; Chapter 7 Mercy as Cruelty in Bentham and the Utilitarian Tradition; The Utilitarian Critique of Arbitrary Power; Utilitarian Punishment and Mercy; Mercy and Uncertainty 
505 8 |a Mercy and ImpartialityMercy and the Poor; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Mercy as Injustice in Kant and the Retributivist Tradition; Kant's Critique of Eudaimonism; Kant and Impartiality; Kant, Anselm, and the Logic of Retribution; Kant's Aftermath: Hegel and Contemporary Retributivists; Conclusion; Part V Mercy and Justice Today; Chapter 9 The Meanings of Mercy; The Limited Consensus; Mercy's Contexts: Disentangling the Metaphors; Mercy and Justice; Other Dimensions of Mercy; Conclusion; Chapter 10 The Case for Mercy; Arbitrary Power; Moral Standing; Mercy and the Public Good; Mercy and Just Deserts 
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