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Punishment : the supposed justifications revisited /
-- A classic book transformed by a philosopher at his strongest --Reviews of the first edition:'Painstaking, comprehensive and unimpassioned.' Anthony Kenny, New Statesman'Bold, tough, direct style ... a pleasure to read.' Mary Warnock, Times Literary Sup.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Ann Arbor, MI :
Pluto Press,
2006.
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| Edición: | Revised edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Problem and definition. The need to justify punishment
- The definition of punishment
- 2. Backward-looking theories. Retribution theories in general
- Legal, circular, and intrinsic-good retributivism
- Distress-culpability, forfeited rights, indifference
- Innocence system
- Annulment, offenders' rights
- Rational contract
- Consent to loss on immunity
- Satisfactions-in-acting
- 3. Grievance satisfaction. An actual reason
- System
- Defences and criticism
- 4. Utilitarian prevention theory, etc. Questions of fact about prevention
- The utilitarian prevention theory
- The victimization objection
- Utilitarians on victimization
- Justified and unjustified victimizations
- Retrospect and conclusion
- 5. Reform, rehabilitation, treatment. Punishment as reformative
- Illness and treatment
- Objections
- 6. Determinism. Punishment, freedom, responsibility
- A sketch of determinism
- Determinism despite quantum theory
- Compatibilism and incompatibilism
- Attitudinism
- Arguments for compatibilism and incompatibilism
- The real consequences of determinism
- Punishment
- 7. Compromise theories. Retrospect, separate questions
- Prevention and retribution
- Correct-values retributivism
- Liberal-community retributivism
- 8. Non-problem, other conclusions. The end of all retributivism
- The decent society
- The principle of humanity
- Our societies
- Our unjustified punishments.