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Forgiveness and mercy

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This book focuses on the degree to which certain moral and legal doctrines are rooted in specific passions that are then institutionalized in the form of criminal law. A philosophical analysis is developed of the following questions: When, if ever, should hatred be overcome by sympathy or compassion? What are forgiveness and mercy and to what degree do they require--both conceptually and morally--the overcoming of certain passions and the motivation by other passions? If forgiveness and mercy indeed are moral virtues, what role, if any, should they play in the law..,

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234.5 MUR f

Z. HANDIMAN

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234.5 MUR f

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press., 1988

Collation

xii,194p.; 23 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-521-39567-4

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234.5

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FORGIVENESS - CHRISTIANITY

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