Eye for an Eye by William Ian Miller - 2005-12-19

Cambridge University Press, 2005. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Cambridge University Press, 2005. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Cambridge University Press, 2006. VG/VG. Softcover. Some rubbing & edgewear to book & DJ; some yellowing; overall clean & tight. 266 pages Keywords: 0521856809 Keywords: history

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… Read More

Cambridge University Press CUP , pp. 278 . Hardback. Used.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Cambridge University Press. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Very Good.

Cambridge University, 2005. 1st. Hardcover. New/New.

Hardback. New. In its highly original way, this book offers a theory of justice. 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.