Eye for an Eye
by William Ian Miller
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0521856809
- ISBN 13
- 9780521856805
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About This Item
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 core, measuring and measuring up. 266 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Language; Language & Linguistics; ISBN: 0521856809. ISBN/EAN: 9780521856805. Inventory No: 246657. . 9780521856805
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-257) and index.
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- Bookseller
- leura books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 246657
- Title
- Eye for an Eye
- Author
- William Ian Miller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0521856809
- ISBN 13
- 9780521856805
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- BZDB43 Language; Language & Linguistics; ISBN: 0521856809 EAN: 9780521856805 William Ian Miller Eye for an Eye
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- Language;
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