Journal article
Mercy
- Abstract:
- Mercy is a form of charity towards wrongdoers that justifies punishing them less severely than they deserve according to justice. Three main objections to mercy, or its exercise by organs of the state - that it is irrational, unjust and procedurally unfair - are addressed in the course of defending mercy as a value that has a place in deliberation about criminal punishment. The paper draws on both the communicative theory of punishment and aspects of existing legal practice in mounting this defence.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1111/j.0066-7372.2003.00066.x
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- Publisher:
- Blackwell Publishing
- Journal:
- Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society More from this journal
- Volume:
- 103
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 101-132
- Publication date:
- 2003-12-01
- Edition:
- Accepted Manuscript
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1467-9264
- ISSN:
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0066-7374
- Language:
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English
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2008-03-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Aristotelian Society
- Copyright date:
- 2003
- Notes:
- This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced version. The definitive publisher-authenticated version of 'Mercy' PAS 103(1), 101-132 is available online at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com
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