Description: Further DetailsTitle: Making AmendsCondition: NewSubtitle: Atonement in Morality, Law, and PoliticsISBN-10: 0199767254EAN: 9780199767250ISBN: 9780199767250Publisher: Oxford University Press IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/07/2011Description: Can wrongs be righted? Can we make up for our misdeeds, or does the impossibility of changing the past mean that we remain permanently guilty? While atonement is traditionally considered a theological topic, Making Amends uses the resources of secular moral philosophy to explore the possibility of correcting the wrongs we do to one another.Philosophers generally approach the problem of past wrongdoing from the point of view of either a judge or a victim. They assume that wrongdoing can only be resolved through punishment or forgiveness. But this book explores the responses that wrongdoers can and should make to their own misdeeds, responses such as apology, repentance, reparations, and self-punishment. Making Amends explores the possibility of atonement in a broad spectrum of contexts--from cases of relatively minor wrongs in personal relationships, to crimes, to the historical injustices of our political and religious communities. It argues that wrongdoers often have the ability to earn redemption within the moral community.Making Amends defends a theory of atonement that emphasizes the rebuilding of respect and trust among victims, communities and wrongdoers. The ideal of reconciliation enables us to explain the value of repentance without restricting our interest to the wrongdoer's character, to account for the power of reparations without placing a dollar value on dignity, to justify the suffering of guilt without falling into a simplistic endorsement of retribution, and to insist on the moral responsibility of wrongdoing groups without treating their members unfairly.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 156mmItem Length: 234mmItem Width: 14mmAuthor: Linda RadzikGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Law & PoliticsItem Weight: 363gRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Making Amends
Title: Making Amends
Subtitle: Atonement in Morality, Law, and Politics
ISBN-10: 0199767254
EAN: 9780199767250
ISBN: 9780199767250
Release Date: 04/07/2011
Release Year: 2011
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Making Amends : Atonement in Morality, Law, and Politics
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, General, Interpersonal Relations, Christian Rituals & Practice / Sacraments, Remedies & Damages
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Law, Religion, Philosophy, Psychology
Author: Linda Radzik
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
