The limits of blame : rethinking punishment and responsibility /
Faith in the power and righteousness of retribution has taken over the American criminal justice system. Approaching punishment and responsibility from a philosophical perspective, Limits of Blame takes issue with a criminal justice system that aligns legal criteria of guilt with moral criteria of b...
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Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2018.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Criminalizing people
- Accountability in criminal justice
- Skepticism about moral desert
- Blame and excuses
- Criminal justice without blame
- Rethinking punishment
- Law enforcement in an unjust society
- Conclusion: Civic justice.