Justice, Anger and Wrath: Tracing the Im/Moral Dimensions of Payback

Martha Nussbaum's Anger and Forgiveness makes explicit claims about the moral valence and irrationality of the desire for payback. This article explores the roots of that desire through an analysis of research on inequity aversion in primates, and the sociocultural developmental context for exp...

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Main Author: Deane-Drummond, Celia (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 10
Further subjects:B Martha Nussbaum
B Anger
B Payback
B Morality
B Wrath
B Fair play
B inequity aversion
B Thomas Aquinas
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