Punishment and Retribution

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-26406-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 368 g

Discussions of punishment typically assume that punishment is criminal punishment carried out by the State. Punishment is, however, a richer phenomenon and it occurs in many contexts. This book contains a general account of punishment which overcomes the difficulties of competing accounts. Recognizing punishment's manifoldness is valuable not merely in contributing to conceptual clarity, but in that this recognition sheds light on the complicated problem of punishment's justification. Insofar as they narrowly presuppose that punishment is criminal punishment, most apparent solutions to the tension between consequentialism and retributivism are rather unenlightening if we attempt to apply them in other contexts. Moreover, this presupposition has given rise to an unwieldy variety of accounts of retributivism which are less helpful in contexts other than criminal punishment. Treating punishment comprehensibly helps us to better understand how it differs from similar phenomena, and to carry on the discussion of its justification fruitfully.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zaibert, Leo

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Chapter 1 Theories and Justifications; Chapter 2 Taking Punishment Seriously; Chapter 3 Punishment and Revenge; Chapter 4 A Taxonomy of Retributivism; Chapter 5 Minimalism, Logic, and Normativity; Chapter 6 Retributivism and the Normative Universe; Chapter 7 Moralisms, Justifications, and Intrinsic Value;

Über Autor(innen)

Leo Zaibert is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Wisonsin-Parkside, USA.