Binding: Paperback
Description: Is mercy more important than justice? Since antiquity mercy has been regarded as a virtue. Yet by the end of the eighteenth century mercy had been exiled from political life. In this book Malcolm Bull analyses and challenges the Enlightenment's rejection of mercy. Political realism Bull argues demands recognition of the foundational role of mercy in society. If we are vulnerable to harm from others we are in need of their mercy. By restoring the primacy of mercy over justice we may constrain the powerful and release the agency of the powerless. An important contribution to political philosophy from an inventive thinker On Mercy makes a persuasive case for returning this neglected virtue to the heart of political thought.
Title: On Mercy
Author(s): Bull Malcolm
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Barcode: 9780691217451
Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Date: 4/20/2021
Category: Popular Philosophy