Philosophical perspectives on punishment / edited by Gertrude Ezorsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ezorsky, Gertrude, 1926- compiler.

Contributor:

Ezorsky, Gertrude, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Punishment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Historical and contemporary philosophical writings on punishment.

Contents:

Contents; The Ethics of Punishment; Teleology; Retributivism; Teleological Retributivism; Criminal Desert; Chapter One: Concepts of Punishment; Of Punishments and Rewards; On Punishment; I. Introductory; II. The Retributive Theory; III. The Retributivist Thesis; IV. An Objection; V. The Utilitarian Theory; VI. Rules and Cases; Is Punishment Retributive?; The Expressive Function of Punishment; I. Punishment as Condemnation; II. Some Derivative Symbolic Functions of Punishment; Chapter Two: The Justification of Punishment; 1. Teleological Theories; Punishment as Cure

Hegel's Theory of Punishment Utility and Punishment; Chapter XIII; Chapter XIV; Punishment and the Individual; A Utilitarian Reply to Dr. McCloskey; McCloskey's Examples; Further Examples; Rule Utilitarianism (I); Rule Utilitarianism (II); I; Rule Utilitarianism (III); II. Retributivism; Justice and Punishment; Justice and Punishment; E. The Right of Punishing and of Pardoning; Punishment as a Right; The Vulgar Notion of Responsibility; An Organic Unity; Persons and Punishment; A Non-Utilitarian Approach to Punishment; I. Introduction; II. How Our Common Moral Consciousness Views Punishment

III. What Utilitarianism Appears to Entail in Respect of Punishment IV. What Utilitarianism in Fact Entails in the Light of Empirical Considerations; V. Positive Considerations for a Retributive Theory of Punishment; III. Teleological Retributivism; Whether Vengeance is Lawful; The Right to Punish; On "Retributivism"; Justice; Principles of Punishment; I. Introductory; II. Justifying Aims and Principles of Distribution; Punishment; Chapter Three: The Death Penalty; The Deterrent Value of Capital Punishment; The Function of Capital Punishment; Gilpin Versus Mill

Speech In Favor of Capital Punishment 1868 Negative Presentation Address; The Death Penalty Once More; I. Is The Death Penalty Constitutional?; II. Is the Death Penalty More Deterrent Than Other Punishments?; III. Is the Death Penalty Moral?; Conclusion; Chapter Four: Groups Punished; Blacks and Hispanics; Blacks and Hispanics; The Foreseeable Disparate Impact on Blacks; Correctional Association: Women in Prison; Executive Summary; A Fair Chance for Families Separated by Prison; Poor More Likely to be Punished for Same Crime?; Chapter Five: Prison Labor; Prison Labor

21st-Century Slaves: How Corporations Exploit Prison Labor Incarceration Nation; Incentivizing Incarceration; The Reinvention of Slavery; Who Profits?; Why You Should Care; Slaves of the State; Chapter Six: Solitary Confinement; Human Rights Watch Teens in Solitary Confinement; Supermax Security Prisons are Inhumane; Extreme Deprivation; Roots of the Supermax Model; Overusing Supermax Facilities; Mental Illness; Dehumanizing Treatment; Challenging the Conditions; Breeding Violence; Chapter Seven: Possible Alternatives to Punishment; Imprisonment; Preface; The Obstacle of Vindictiveness

The Obstacle of Stupidity

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438458571

1438458576

OCLC:

930603064