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Is mercy more important than justice?Since antiquity, mercy has been regarded as a virtue. The power of monarchs was legitimated by their acts of clemency, their mercy demonstrating their divine nature. Yet by the end of the eighteenth century, mercy had become "an injustice committed against s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bull, Malcolm (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mercy.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Misericorde > Aspect politique.
Misericorde.
Mercy > Political aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; NOTES; INDEX

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