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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter One: The Problem of Punishment.- Chapter Two: Punishment as Crime Prevention.- Chapter Three:  Can Retributive Punishment Be Justified?
• Chapter Four: The Mixed Theory of Punishment
• Chapter Five:  Retribution and Revenge
• Chapter Six: What Is The Purpose of Retribution?
• Chapter Seven: Making Sense of Honor.- Chapter Eight: Is Punishment Justified?
• Index.