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After Evil - Responding to Wrongdoing (Paperback)
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After Evil - Responding to Wrongdoing (Paperback)
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Evils, both large and small, are a constant feature of human life.
This book is about responding to them and in particular about
responding to moral evils, that is, those produced by the
deliberate acts of human beings. Prominent in our repertoire of
responses to moral evil are forgiveness and punishment, and these,
with the numerous conceptual and moral problems they raise, are at
the heart of the study in this book. After discussing the idea of
evil, Scarre turns to the meaning of forgiveness and the conditions
for granting it. He defends a broadly utilitarian approach that
stresses the role of forgiveness in repairing the damage that has
been caused by injurious or offensive behaviour. Scarre then
considers the controversial virtue of mercy and the propriety of
revengeful behaviour and resentful attitudes. Finally, he deals
with the purpose and justification of judicial punishment, paying
particular regard to the appropriate treatment of war criminals. In
this timely and sensitively written book, Scarre pays close
attention to the existing literature and appraises both
contemporary and classical contributions to the debate. This book
makes an original contribution to an area of ethical thought that
has been attracting an increasing amount of attention from
philosophers, jurists and political thinkers.
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