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Thomas Aquinas and the philosophy of punishment / Peter Karl Koritansky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Koritansky, Peter Karl, 1974-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
- Thomas.
- Punishment--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Punishment.
- Retribution--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Retribution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Thomas Aquinas and the Philosophy of Punishment explores how Aquinas's understandings of natural law and the common good apply to the contemporary philosophical discussion of punitive justice.
- Contents:
- Introduction: modern philosophies of punishment and the return to Aquinas
- The problem with the utilitarian theory of punishment
- The problem with modern retributivism
- Foundations of the Thomistic theory of punishment
- The moral basis of punishment: Aquinas's retributivism
- Beyond retribution: punishing criminals in political society
- Capital punishment, evangelium vitae, and the Thomistic theory of punishment
- Conclusion: Thomas Aquinas and modern theories of punishment.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1944-2
- OCLC:
- 861793413
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