Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Re-enfranchising Benevolence
Part I: Philosophical Inquiry
Chapter 2: Benevolence as a Private Virtue
Chapter 3: Benevolence as a Public Virtue
Part II: Theological Inquiry
Chapter 4: Benevolence and Justice
Chapter 5: Benevolence and Mercy
Chapter 6: Benevolence and Compassion
Part III: Moral Integrity
Chapter 7: Benevolence as Historical Praxis
Chapter 8: Benevolence and a Politics of Mercy

This book assumes that the most profound moral conflict today is between two virtues-justice and mercy-and argues that these two virtues are organically linked through the common experience of compassion. In an unjust world, justice cannot establish itself but requires project...