Justifying Legal Punishment (Studies in applied philosophy) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Justifying Legal Punishment (Studies in applied philosophy) Book

While the philosophy of punishment is dominated by utilitarian and "mixed" theories, this study, written in the analytic tradition but also drawing on the views of Hegel, argues for a purely retributive view: all the main questions facing a theory of punishment are answered in terms of justice and desert, without any concessions to social expediency. "The best defense to date of a retributive theory of legal punishment." by Canadian Philosophical Review "Brings a fresh and forceful voice to the discussion of the philosophy of punishment..." by Criminal Justice Ethics "Offers a cogent defense of retributivism...a biting critique of utilitarian justifications of punishment, and a tentative defense of capital punishment." by EthicsRead More

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  • 0391036890
  • 9780391036895
  • Igor Primoratz
  • 1 September 1990
  • Humanities Press International Inc.,U.S.
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 200
  • New edition
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