Empathy for the Devil: Nature and Nurture in Restorative Justice
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Sherman, Lawrence; Strang, Heather
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THE PRIMARY TASK of justice is to manage emotions (Sherman 2003). The primary emotion for justice to manage is the desire for revenge. Whether justice can manage, or even �cure� that desire depends on whether we see vengefulness as a product of nature, nurture, or both. The view that vengefulness is an emotional response �hard-wired� into all human beings suggests the hypothesis that justice can only reflect that emotion, rather than trying to cure it. The view that vengefulness, like all...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2011 |
Type: | Book chapter |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/24540 |
Book Title: | Emotions, Crime and Justice |
DOI: | 10.5040/9781472565471.ch-007 |
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