The Virtues of Vengeance

"A fascinating and provocative virtue-ethical defense of the morality of vengeance."—Michael Slote, author of From Morality to Virtue

"French makes a convincing case for the central moral importance of revenge, honor, desert, retributive punishment, and evil. . . . An important book that sh [...]
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"A fascinating and provocative virtue-ethical defense of the morality of vengeance."—Michael Slote, author of From Morality to Virtue

"French makes a convincing case for the central moral importance of revenge, honor, desert, retributive punishment, and evil. . . . An important book that should be widely read."—John Kekes, author of Moral Wisdom and Good Lives and Facing Evil

"French has undertaken a heroic task, to not only defend vengeance and demonstrate its prevalence throughout our history and our literature but to actually praise its virtues as essential for morality and justice. He has done so brilliantly. Highly recommended, but not, perhaps, for those with vengeance already on their minds."—Robert C. Solomon, author of A Passion for Justice

"An inventive and fearlessly provocative book."—Margaret Urban Walker, author of Moral Understandings
Author Biography: Peter A. French holds the Lincoln Chair in Ethics and is Director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at Arizona State University. Among his other books are Responsibility Matters, also from Kansas; Corporate Ethics; and, most recently, Cowboy Metaphysics: Ethics and Death in Westerns.