Brill Dostoevsky’s Legal and Moral Philosophy: The Trial of Dmitri Karamazov: 293 (Philosophy, Literature, and Politics, 293)

About the Author Raymond Angelo Belliotti, Ph.D. (1977) University of Miami, JD (1982) Harvard Law School, is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Fredonia. He has published 18 other books, including Machiavelli's Secret (SUNY Press 2015) and Power (SUNY Press 2016). He has also published over 80 articles, and 25 book reviews. Product Description The trial of Dmitri Karamazov embodies Dostoevsky's general legal and moral philosophy. This book explains and critically analyses such notions as the rule of law, the adversary system of adjudication, the principle of universal moral responsibility, the plausibility of unconditional love, and the contours of human nature. The ballast for conclusions about all these ideas is an understanding of the relationship between individuals and their communities.