Wrongdoing and the Moral Emotions provides an account of how we
might effectively address wrongdoing given challenges to the
legitimacy of anger and retribution that arise from ethical
considerations and from concerns about free will. The issue is
introduced in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 asks how we might conceive of
blame without retribution, and proposes an account of blame as
moral protest, whose function is to secure forward-looking goals
such as the moral reform of the wrongdoer and reconciliation in
relationships. Chapter 3 considers whether it's possible to justify
effectively dealing those who pose dangerous threats if they do not
deserve to be harmed, and contends that wrongfully posing a threat
is the core condition for the legitimacy of defensive harming.
Chapter 4 provides an account of how to treat criminals without a
retributive justification for punishment, and argues for an account
in which the right of self-defense provides justification for
measures such as preventative detention. Chapter 5 considers how we
might forgive if wrongdoers don't basically deserve the pain of
being resented, which forgiveness would then renounce, and proposes
that forgiveness be conceived instead as renunciation of the stance
of moral protest. Chapter 6 considers how personal relationships
might function without retributive anger having a role in
responding to wrongdoing, and contends that the stance of moral
protest, supplemented with non-retributive emotions, is sufficient.
Chapter 7 surveys the options for theistic and atheistic attitudes
regarding the fate of humanity in a deterministic universe, and
defends an impartial hope for humanity.
General
| Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| Authors: |
Derk Pereboom
(Susan Linn Sage Professor)
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 135mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-890378-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-19-890378-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780198903789 |
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