| Description |
ix, 320 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in philosophy |
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Cambridge studies in philosophy.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Introduction -- 1. On being fit to be tried and punished -- 2. Criticism, blame and moral punishment -- 3. The law's demands -- 4. Trial and verdict -- 5. Trial and punishment -- 6. Consequentialist punishments -- 7. Varieties of retributivism -- 8. Punishment, fairness and rights -- 9. Expression, penance and reform -- 10. The ideal and the actual -- Bibliography -- Index of names -- Index of subjects |
| Summary |
How can a system of criminal punishment be justified? In particular can it be justified if the moral demand that we respect each other as autonomous moral agents is taken seriously? Traditional attempts to justify punishment as a deterrent or as retribution fail: but Duff suggests that punishment can be understood as a communicative attempt to bring a wrong-doer to repent her crime. The conclusion is pessimistic: punishment cannot be justified within our legal system; and this gap between the ideal and the actual presents us with serious moral dilemmas |
| Analysis |
Punishment - Philosophical perspectives |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 300-310 |
| Subject |
Criminal procedure -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| LC no. |
85015128 |
| ISBN |
0521308186 |
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0521407613 (paperback) |
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