Responsibility And Punishment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Corlett, J. Angelo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Library of Ethics And Applied Philosophy, 9
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Ontology.; Criminology.; Philosophy, general.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.

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...

Table of Contents:

• The Problem Of Responsibility
• The Problem Of Punishment
• Foundations Of A Kantian Retributivism
• Assessing Retributivism
• Forgiveness, Apology, And Retributive Punishment
• Capital Punishment
• The Problem Of Collective Responsibility
• Corporate Responsibility And Punishment
• Collective Wrongdoing, Reparations, And Native Americans
• Conclusion.