After Evil: Responding to Wrongdoing

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Overview

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 behavior. Scarre then turns considers the controversial virtue of mercy and the propriety of revengeful behavior 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.

Contents: Prefatory note; The idea of evil; The nature of forgiveness; Forgiveness and utility; Some problems about forgiveness; Mercy; Revenge and resentment; The good of punishment; Punishment, excuses and mitigating conditions; Moral responsibility and the Holocaust; Punishment, pardon and time lapse; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Author Biography: Geoffrey Scarre, Reader and Head of Department of Philosophy, University of Durham, UK

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780754638469
  • Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Limited
  • Publication date: 5/1/2004
  • Pages: 210
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Table of Contents

Prefatory note
1 The idea of evil 1
2 The nature of forgiveness 17
3 Forgiveness and utility 37
4 Some problems about forgiveness 59
5 Mercy 87
6 Revenge and resentment 99
7 The good of punishment 113
8 Punishment, excuses and mitigating conditions 139
9 Moral responsibility and the Holocaust 159
10 Punishment, pardon and time lapse 177
Conclusion 187
Bibliography 189
Index 199
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