Book contents
- The Decline of Mercy in Public Life
- Dedication
- The Decline of Mercy in Public Life
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviation list with full citations and method of citation
- Introduction
- Part I Mercy and Politics Outside the Western Christian Tradition
- Part II Mercy and Justice in the Western Christian Tradition
- Part III Modern Liberalism and the Decline of Mercy
- Part IV Mercy and Impartiality in the Utilitarian and Kantian Traditions
- Chapter 7 Mercy as Cruelty in Bentham and the Utilitarian Tradition
- Chapter 8 Mercy as Injustice in Kant and the Retributivist Tradition
- Part V Mercy and Justice Today
- Index
Chapter 7 - Mercy as Cruelty in Bentham and the Utilitarian Tradition
from Part IV - Mercy and Impartiality in the Utilitarian and Kantian Traditions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2014
- The Decline of Mercy in Public Life
- Dedication
- The Decline of Mercy in Public Life
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviation list with full citations and method of citation
- Introduction
- Part I Mercy and Politics Outside the Western Christian Tradition
- Part II Mercy and Justice in the Western Christian Tradition
- Part III Modern Liberalism and the Decline of Mercy
- Part IV Mercy and Impartiality in the Utilitarian and Kantian Traditions
- Chapter 7 Mercy as Cruelty in Bentham and the Utilitarian Tradition
- Chapter 8 Mercy as Injustice in Kant and the Retributivist Tradition
- Part V Mercy and Justice Today
- Index
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- The Decline of Mercy in Public Life , pp. 201 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014