Alex Tuckness, John M. Parrish

The Decline of Mercy in Public Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mercy is a marginalized virtue in contemporary public life, but understanding its complex conceptual history suggests how that might change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 469g
• ISBN-13: 9781107661134
• ISBN-10: 1107661137
• Artikelnr.: 42742491

Autorenporträt

Alex Tuckness is a professor at Iowa State University within the departments of political science and philosophy. He is the author of Locke and the Legislative Point of View (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I. Mercy and Politics outside the Western Christian
Tradition: 1. Mercy and justice in Buddhist, Islamic, and Eastern Orthodox
thought; 2. Mercy and the ancient defense of honor; Part II. Mercy and
Justice in the Western Christian Tradition: 3. Mercy as charity in
Augustine and early Christian thought; 4. Christian mercy from Anselm to
Calvin; Part III. Modern Liberalism and the Decline of Mercy: 5. The
primacy of the political in modern natural law; 6. The rise of
utilitarianism and the return of retributivism; Part IV. Mercy and
Impartiality in the Utilitarian and Kantian Traditions: 7. Mercy as cruelty
in Bentham and the utilitarian tradition; 8. Mercy as injustice in Kant and
the retributivist tradition; Part V. Mercy and Justice Today: 9. The
meanings of mercy; 10. The case for mercy.