AuthorMurphy, Jeffrie G. author
TitleCharacter, Liberty, and Law [electronic resource] : Kantian Essays in Theory and Practice / by Jeffrie G. Murphy
ImprintDordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1998
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9066-2
Descript XIII, 242 p. online resource

SUMMARY

Jeffrie G. Murphy's third collection of essays further pursues the topics of punishment and retribution that were explored in his two previous collections: Retribution, Justice and Therapy and Retribution Reconsidered. Murphy now explores these topics in the light of reflections on issues that are normally associated with religion: forgiveness, mercy, and repentance. He also explores the general issue of theory and practice and discusses a variety of topics in applied ethics - e.g., freedom of artistic expression, the morality of gambling, and the value of forgiveness in psychological counseling. As always, his perspective may be described as Kantian; and, indeed, this collection contains the first extended piece of Kant scholarship that he has done in years: a long essay on Kant on theory and practice


CONTENT

Lewis White Beck: A Brief Farewell -- Kant on Theory and Practice -- Human Decency and the Limitations of Kantianism -- Cognitive and Moral Obstacles to Imputation -- Repentance, Punishment, and Mercy -- Legal Moralism and Liberalism -- Freedom of Expression and the Arts -- Some Ruminations on Women, Violence, and the Criminal Law -- Indian Casinos and the Morality of Gambling -- Should Tenure Survive? -- Jean Hampton on Immorality, Self-Hatred, and Self-Forgiveness -- Forgiveness in Counseling: A Philosophical Perspective -- Index of Names


SUBJECT

  1. Philosophy
  2. Modern philosophy
  3. Ontology
  4. Political science
  5. Religion -- Philosophy
  6. Law -- Philosophy
  7. Law
  8. Criminal law
  9. Philosophy
  10. Ontology
  11. Philosophy of Law
  12. Criminal Law
  13. Modern Philosophy
  14. Theories of Law
  15. Philosophy of Law
  16. Legal History
  17. Philosophy of Religion