Judging and understanding: essays on free will, narrative, meaning and the ethical limits of condemnation
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781138356276
Date de publication :
28 févr. 2022
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
460 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.