This collection embodies a debate that explores what could be characterised as the tension between judging and understanding. It seems that after a particular threshold of understanding of the basic facts leading to a given moral transgression, the more we understand the context and motives leading to crime, the more likely we are to abstain from harsh retributive judgement.
This collection embodies a debate that explores what could be characterised as the tension between judging and understanding. It seems that after a particular threshold of understanding of the basic facts leading to a given moral transgression, the more we understand the context and motives leading to crime, the more likely we are to abstain from harsh retributive judgement.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Pedro Alexis Tabensky is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Rhodes University, South Africa
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Contents: Introduction. Part I Narrative Explanation and Forgiveness: The Limits of Condemnation: Equity and mercy Martha Nussbaum; Explanation and condemnation Ward E. Jones; Understanding 'understanding' in The Reader Brian Penrose; Living with the self: self-judgement and self-understanding Samantha Vice; The case for moral complexity Marc Fellman. Part II Free Will Determinism and Moral Responsibility: Challenging Retributive Judgment: Moved movers: transfiguring judgment practices Pedro Alexis Tabensky; Philosophy determinism and moral responsibility in times of atrocity Chandra Kumar; Is to understand to forgive or at least not to blame? Kai Nielsen; The real me Jonathan McKeown-Green. Part III The Ethical Function of Condemnation: Judging because understanding: a defence of retributive censure Thaddeus Metz; Understanding condemnation: a plea for appropriate judgement Peta Bowden and Emma Rooksby; Humanizing evil-doers Andrew Gleeson; The unbearable space of Schlink's persona Richard H. Weisberg. Index.
Contents: Introduction. Part I Narrative Explanation and Forgiveness: The Limits of Condemnation: Equity and mercy Martha Nussbaum; Explanation and condemnation Ward E. Jones; Understanding 'understanding' in The Reader Brian Penrose; Living with the self: self-judgement and self-understanding Samantha Vice; The case for moral complexity Marc Fellman. Part II Free Will Determinism and Moral Responsibility: Challenging Retributive Judgment: Moved movers: transfiguring judgment practices Pedro Alexis Tabensky; Philosophy determinism and moral responsibility in times of atrocity Chandra Kumar; Is to understand to forgive or at least not to blame? Kai Nielsen; The real me Jonathan McKeown-Green. Part III The Ethical Function of Condemnation: Judging because understanding: a defence of retributive censure Thaddeus Metz; Understanding condemnation: a plea for appropriate judgement Peta Bowden and Emma Rooksby; Humanizing evil-doers Andrew Gleeson; The unbearable space of Schlink's persona Richard H. Weisberg. Index.
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