Stephen Kershnar

Desert, Retribution, and Torture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

On some accounts, punishment is justified by the good results that it brings about. In particular, punishment deters, incapacitates, and may, in some cases, rehabilitate criminals. On a retributivist theory, punishment is not justified on the basis of these desirable results, but rather on the fact that the wrongdoer has done something that deserves punishment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9780761821533
• ISBN-10: 0761821538
• Artikelnr.: 22068777

Autorenporträt

Stephen Kershnar

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Desert:The Structure of Punitive Desert
Chapter 4 The Basis of Deserved Punishment is a Culpable Wrongdoing
Chapter 5 The Justification of Deserved Punishment via General Moral
Principles
Chapter 6 Retributivism: A Defense of Retributivism
Chapter 7 Reflexive Retributive Duties
Chapter 8 Rights Forfeiture in the Context of Culpable Wrongdoing
Chapter 9 Harsh Punishment: Mercy and Harsh Punishment
Chapter 10 An Argument for the Use of Torture as Punishment
Chapter 11 Index