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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823216003321

Autore

Murphy Jeffrie G

Titolo

Punishment and the moral emotions : essays in law, morality, and religion / / Jeffrie G. Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-19-020870-8

0-19-026757-7

1-283-42796-6

9786613427960

0-19-991015-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Disciplina

364.601

170

Soggetti

Punishment - Philosophy

Punishment - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Sources and Acknowledgments; 1. Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Responding to Evil: A Philosophical Overview; 2. Moral Epistemology, the Retributive Emotions, and the "Clumsy Moral Philosophy" of Jesus Christ; 3. Christian Love and Criminal Punishment; 4. Legal Moralism and Retribution Revisited; 5. Shame Creeps Through Guilt and Feels Like Retribution; 6. Repentance, Mercy, and Communicative Punishment; 7. Remorse, Apology, and Mercy; 8. The Case of Dostoevsky's General: Some Ruminations on Forgiving the Unforgivable; 9. Response to Neu, Zipursky, and Steiker

10. Jealousy, Shame, and the Rival 11. Moral Reasons and the Limitations of Liberty; 12. The Elusive Nature of Human Dignity; 13. Kant on the "Right of Necessity" and other Defenses in the Law of Homicide; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays presents Jeffrie G. Murphy's most recent ideas on punishment, forgiveness, and the emotions of resentment, shame, guilt, remorse, love, and jealousy. In Murphy's view, conscious rationales of principle -- such as crime control or giving others what in



justice they deserve -- do not always drive our decisions to punish or condemn others for wrongdoing. Sometimes our decisions are in fact driven by powerful and rather base emotions such as malice, spite, envy, and cruelty. But our decisions to punish or condemn can also be driven by noble emotions. Indeed, if we punish