Punishment for the greater good /
Over ten million people are incarcerated throughout the world, even though punishment theorists have struggled for centuries to morally justify the practice. Theorists usually address criminal justice under abstract, idealized conditions that assume away real-world uncertainty. We don't have ti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Series: | Studies in penal theory and philosophy.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Over ten million people are incarcerated throughout the world, even though punishment theorists have struggled for centuries to morally justify the practice. Theorists usually address criminal justice under abstract, idealized conditions that assume away real-world uncertainty. We don't have time, however, to wait for a perfect moral theory, and the history of philosophy suggests we will never find it. 'Punishment for the Greater Good' examines the justification of punishment in the here and now, recognizing that we lack certainty about matters of both fact and value. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197672808 0197672809 9780197672792 0197672795 9780197672785 0197672787 |