Honor and Revenge: A Theory of Punishment

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kaufman, Whitley R.P (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Law and Philosophy Library, 104
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Political science.; Law > Philosophy.; Law.; Criminology.; Philosophy of Law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.

This book addresses the problem of justifying the institution of criminal punishment.   It examines the “paradox of retribution”: the fact that we cannot seem to reject the intuition that punishment is morally required, and yet we cannot (even after two thousand years of philosophical debate) find a...