Responsibility and Punishment

• Main Author: Corlett, J. Angelo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 4th ed. 2013.
• Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, 34
• Subjects: Law.; Philosophy.; Law > Philosophy.; Criminology.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Philosophy, general.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.

This volume provides discussions of both the concept of responsibility and of punishment, and of both individual and collective responsibility. It provides in-depth Socratic and Kantian bases for a new version of retributivism, and defends that version against the main criticisms that have been rais...

Table of Contents:

• Preface                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Introduction                                                                                            1: The Problem of Responsibility,- 2: The Problem of Punishment.-3: The Socratic Roots of Retributivism
• 4: Foundations of a Kantian Retributivism
• 5: Assessin Retributivism
• 6: Retributivism and Recidivism
• 7: Forgiveness, Apology, and Retributive Punishment.-   8: Capital Punishment.- 9: The Problem of Collective Responsibility.-10: Corporate Responsibility and Punishment.-11: U.S. Responsibility for War Crimes in Iraq.-Conclusion                                                                                        .