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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Corlett, J. Angelo
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2001.
Series:Library of ethics and applied philosophy ; 9.
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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.