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  • "Above the sceptred sway": Retrieving the quality of mercy

    Author(s)
    Ransome, William
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Ransome, William F.
    Year published
    2008
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    Abstract
    Mercy is often thought to be a praiseworthy moral virtue. However, the quality of mercy has been thrown into doubt. Since to be merciful is to be lenient to a wrongdoer beyond the dictates of justice, it seems as if mercy cannot be a praiseworthy virtue. I argue that several recent attempts to reconcile mercy with justice fail, and that the subsequent endeavour to resurrect mercy as a praiseworthy moral virtue is doubtful. However, I also show how the praiseworthy quality of mercy can be retrieved, if we carefully reconstruct the moral case in its favour outside the law.Mercy is often thought to be a praiseworthy moral virtue. However, the quality of mercy has been thrown into doubt. Since to be merciful is to be lenient to a wrongdoer beyond the dictates of justice, it seems as if mercy cannot be a praiseworthy virtue. I argue that several recent attempts to reconcile mercy with justice fail, and that the subsequent endeavour to resurrect mercy as a praiseworthy moral virtue is doubtful. However, I also show how the praiseworthy quality of mercy can be retrieved, if we carefully reconstruct the moral case in its favour outside the law.
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    Journal Title
    Critica: Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofia
    Volume
    40
    Issue
    119
    Publisher URI
    http://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/
    http://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/pg/en/descarga_ing.php?id_volumen=31&id_articulo=120
    Subject
    Ethical Theory
    Philosophy
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/26382
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