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Retribution Reconsidered - More Essays in the Philosophy of Law

English · Hardback

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Jeffrie G. Murphy's second collection of essays further pursues the topics of punishment and retribution that were explored in his 1979 collection Retribution, Justice and Therapy.
Murphy now explores these topics in the context of political philosophy as well as moral philosophy, and he now begins to develop some doubts about the version of the retributive theory with which his name has long been associated.

List of contents

Why have Criminal Law at All?.- Retributivism, Moral Education, and the Liberal State.- Does Kant Have a Theory of Punishment?.- Getting Even: The Role of the Victim.- The Justice of Economics.- Blackmail: A Preliminary Inquiry.- Consent, Coercion and Hard Choices.- Rationality and Constraints on Democratic Rule.- Constitutionalism, Moral Skepticism, and Religious Belief.- Kantian Autonomy and Divine Commands.- War, Self-Defense, and Defense of Others.- The Will to Deviance.- Injustice and Misfortune.- Index of Names.

Summary

A collection of essays pursuing further the topics of punishment and retribution that were explored in the author's previous book "Retribution, Justice and Therapy". The current volume discusses these themes in the context of political philosophy as well as moral philosophy.

Product details

Authors J G Murphy, J. G. Murphy, J.G. Murphy, Jeffrie G. Murphy
Publisher Springer Netherlands
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 26.06.2009
 
EAN 9780792318156
ISBN 978-0-7923-1815-6
No. of pages 230
Weight 526 g
Illustrations XIV, 230 p.
Series Philosophical Studies Series
Philosophical Studies Series
Subjects Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law
Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries

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