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