Revenge and Social Conflict
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Revenge and Social Conflict
Christensen, Kit R.
Cambridge University Press
09/2016
298
Dura
Inglês
9781107174610
15 a 20 dias
Kit R. Christensen explores the causes and consequences of the desire for revenge, providing an in-depth account of the nature of this kind of retaliatory violence as well as an ethical evaluation of it as always wrong. His book will interest social philosophers, legal theorists and social/behavioural scientists.
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Nature of Revenge: 1. Revenge: what it is and what it isn't; 2. A little natural history; 3. Interpretations of harm, norms of response; 4. Groups as victims and avengers; Part II. The Morality of Vengeance: 5. Revenge, punishment, and the state; 6. The immorality of revenge, considering the consequences; 7. Some nonconsequentialist responses; 8. War and vengeance; 9. Undermining vengeance, building sustainable peace; Bibliography; Index.
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Kit R. Christensen explores the causes and consequences of the desire for revenge, providing an in-depth account of the nature of this kind of retaliatory violence as well as an ethical evaluation of it as always wrong. His book will interest social philosophers, legal theorists and social/behavioural scientists.
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Nature of Revenge: 1. Revenge: what it is and what it isn't; 2. A little natural history; 3. Interpretations of harm, norms of response; 4. Groups as victims and avengers; Part II. The Morality of Vengeance: 5. Revenge, punishment, and the state; 6. The immorality of revenge, considering the consequences; 7. Some nonconsequentialist responses; 8. War and vengeance; 9. Undermining vengeance, building sustainable peace; Bibliography; Index.
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