Thomas Aquinas and the Philosophy of Punishment /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koritansky, Peter Karl, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Thomas (von Aquin)
Thomas > von Aquin, Heiliger > 1225-1274
Thomas, > Aquinas, Saint, > 1225?-1274.
Vergeltung
Utilitarismus
Strafe
Naturrecht
Retribution > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Punishment > Religious aspects > Christianity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Punition > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: modern philosophies of punishment and the return to Aquinas
  • The problem with the utilitarian theory of punishment
  • The problem with modern retributivism
  • Foundations of the Thomistic theory of punishment
  • The moral basis of punishment: Aquinas's retributivism
  • Beyond retribution: punishing criminals in civil society
  • Capital punishment, evangelium vitae, and the Thomistic theory of punishment
  • Conclusion: Thomas Aquinas and modern theories of punishment.

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