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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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New York City :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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