Punishment and Retribution

Punishment is a phenomenon which occurs in many contexts. Discussions of punishment assume punishment is criminal punishment carried out by the State. This book contains an account of punishment which overcomes the difficulties of competing accounts and treats punishment comprehensibly to better understand how it differs from similar phenomena, discussing its justification fruitfully.

List of contents

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;

About the author

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

Summary

Punishment is a phenomenon which occurs in many contexts. Discussions of punishment assume punishment is criminal punishment carried out by the State. This book contains an account of punishment which overcomes the difficulties of competing accounts and treats punishment comprehensibly to better understand how it differs from similar phenomena, discussing its justification fruitfully.

Product details

• Authors: Leo Zaibert, Zaibert Leo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.02.2017
• EAN: 9781138264069
• ISBN: 978-1-138-26406-9
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, Social Law, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Social law and Medical law