Responsibility and Punishment /
Responsibility and Punishment, Third Edition presents a clear-headed defense of retributivism against several long-standing criticisms. In the end, a viable version of retributivism emerges as one which withstands more criticism than competing theories of responsibility and punishment. Extending the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2001.
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| Series: | Library of ethics and applied philosophy ;
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Preface. Introduction
- 1: The Problem of Responsibility
- 2: The Problem of Punishment
- 3. Foundations of a Kantian Retributivism
- 4: Assessing Retributivism
- 5: Forgiveness, Mercy, and Punishment
- 6. Capital Punishment
- 7: The Problem of Collective Responsibility
- 8: Corporate Responsibility and Punishment
- 9: Collective Wrongdoing, Reparations, and Native Americans
- Conclusion. List of Sources. Index.