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Zusatztext I admire the ambition, the scope, and the ingenuity of Tadross Duty Theory of punishment. Informationen zum Autor Victor Tadros is Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory at the University of Warwick. Prior to his appointment at Warwick he held positions at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh. He has written on criminal responsibility, criminal offences, criminal trials, the presumption of innocence, just war theory, and various aspects of moral and political philosophy. He is currently engaged in a major project on criminalization with Antony Duff, Lindsay Farmer, Sandra Marshall, and Massimo Renzo, funded by the AHRC for which he is currently writing a book entitled Wrongs and Crimes. Klappentext How can the brutal and costly enterprise of criminal punishment be justified? This book makes a provocative, original contribution to the philosophical literature and debate on the morality of punishing, arguing that punishment is justified in the duties that offenders incur as a result of their wrongdoing. Zusammenfassung How can the brutal and costly enterprise of criminal punishment be justified? This book makes a provocative, original contribution to the philosophical literature and debate on the morality of punishing, arguing that punishment is justified in the duties that offenders incur as a result of their wrongdoing. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction The Aims of Punishment 2: Justifying Punishment 3: Recognition and Choice 4: Against Desert 5: The Limits of Communication Means, Motivations, and Ends 6: Defending the Means Principle 7: Wrongdoing and Motivation Permissibility, Harm, and Self-Defence 8: Choice, Responsibility, and Permissible Harm 9: Conflicts and Permissibility 10: Mistakes and Self-Defence 11: Responsibility and Self-Defence Punishment and the Duties of Offenders 12: Punishment as a Remedy 13: State Punishment 14: Protection Against Punishment 15: Proportionate Punishment ...
