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Eye for an Eye Hardcover - 2005
by William Ian Miller
Miller presents an original meditation on the concept of "pay back." His unique theory of justice offers redemption via retaliation. It espouses the view that revenge is a highly structured phenomenon that requires a deep commitment to balance in order to get even in a strict but fair manner.
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- Title Eye for an Eye
- Author William Ian Miller
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st
- Pages 278
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, New York, NY
- Date 2005-12-19
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780521856805 / 0521856809
- Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 9.18 x 6.32 x 0.9 in (23.32 x 16.05 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Law, Ancient, Law, Primitive
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005008077
- Dewey Decimal Code 340.53
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Citations
- Booklist, 01/01/2006, Page 35
- Kirkus Reviews, 11/01/2005, Page 1176
- Publishers Weekly, 10/24/2005, Page 51
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Cambridge University Press, USA, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. This book is a historical and philosophical meditation on paying back and buying back, that is, it is about retaliation and redemption. It takes the law of the talion - eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth - seriously. In its biblical formulation that law states the value of my eye in terms of your eye, the value of your teeth in terms of my teeth. Eyes and teeth become units of valuation. But the talion doesn't stop there. It seems to demand that eyes, teeth, and lives are also to provide the means of payment. Bodies and body parts, it seems, have a just claim to being not just money, but the first and precisest of money substances. In its highly original way, the book offers a theory of justice, not an airy theory though. It is about getting even in a toughminded, unsentimental, but respectful way. And finds that much of what we take to be justice, honor, and respect for persons requires, at its…
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