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On Mercy
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On Mercy

Malcolm Bull
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Is mercy more important than justice?

Since antiquity, mercy has been regarded as a virtue. The power of monarchs was legitimated by their acts of clemency, their mercy demonstrating their divine nature. Yet by the end of the eighteenth century, mercy had become an injustice committed against society … a manifest vice. Mercy was exiled fro

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Date
22 July 2019
Pages
208
ISBN
9780691165332

Is mercy more important than justice?

Since antiquity, mercy has been regarded as a virtue. The power of monarchs was legitimated by their acts of clemency, their mercy demonstrating their divine nature. Yet by the end of the eighteenth century, mercy had become an injustice committed against society … a manifest vice. Mercy was exiled fro

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Date
22 July 2019
Pages
208
ISBN
9780691165332

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