The Character of Harms

by Malcolm K. Sparrow

Book Overview

How should we deal with societal ills such as crime, poverty, pollution, terrorism, and corruption? A Harvard professor and former Detective Chief Inspector of the British Police, Malcolm Sparrow argues that control or mitigation of these and other bad things involves distinctive patterns of thought and action which turn out to be broadly applicable across a range of human endeavors, and which need to be better understood. In this provocative new...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521872103
• ISBN13: 9780521872102
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"