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Punishment : the supposed justifications revisited / Ted Honderich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Honderich, Ted.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Punishment.
- Punishment--Philosophy.
- Punishment--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- -- A classic book transformed by a philosopher at his strongest --Reviews of the first edition:'Painstaking, comprehensive and unimpassioned.' Anthony Kenny, New Statesman'Bold, tough, direct style ... a pleasure to read.' Mary Warnock, Times Literary Sup
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Problem and Definition
- THE NEED TO JUSTIFY PUNISHMENT
- THE DEFINITION OF PUNISHMENT
- 2 Backward-Looking Theories
- RETRIBUTION THEORIES IN GENERAL
- LEGAL, CIRCULAR, AND INTRINSIC-GOOD RETRIBUTIVISM
- DISTRESS-CULPABILITY, FORFEITED RIGHTS, INDIFFERENCE
- INNOCENCE SYSTEM
- ANNULMENT, OFFENDERS' RIGHTS
- RATIONAL CONTRACT
- CONSENT TO LOSS OF IMMUNITY
- SATISFACTIONS-IN-ACTING
- 3 Grievance Satisfaction
- AN ACTUAL REASON
- SYSTEM
- DEFENCES AND CRITICISMS
- 4 Utilitarian Prevention, etc.
- QUESTIONS OF FACT ABOUT PREVENTION
- THE UTILITARIAN PREVENTION THEORY
- THE VICTIMIZATION OBJECTION
- UTILITARIANS ON VICTIMIZATION
- JUSTIFIED AND UNJUSTIFIED VICTIMIZATIONS
- RETROSPECT AND CONCLUSION
- 5 Reform, Rehabilitation,
- PUNISHMENT AS REFORMATIVE
- ILLNESS AND TREATMENT
- OBJECTIONS
- 6 Determinism
- PUNISHMENT, FREEDOM, RESPONSIBILITY
- A SKETCH OF DETERMINISM
- DETERMINISM DESPITE QUANTUM THEORY
- COMPATIBILISM AND INCOMPATIBILISM
- ATTITUDINISM
- ARGUMENTS FOR COMPATIBILISM AND INCOMPATIBILISM
- THE REAL CONSEQUENCES OF DETERMINISM
- PUNISHMENT
- 7 Compromise Theories
- RETROSPECT, SEPARATE QUESTIONS
- PREVENTION AND RETRIBUTION
- CORRECT-VALUES RETRIBUTIVISM
- LIBERAL-COMMUNITY RETRIBUTIVISM
- 8 Non-Problem, Other Conclusions
- THE END OF ALL RETRIBUTIVISM
- THE DECENT SOCIETY
- THE PRINCIPLE OF HUMANITY
- OUR SOCIETIES
- OUR UNJUSTIFIED PUNISHMENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Previous ed.: Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 1989.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611750152
- 9781849644822
- 1849644829
- 9781281750150
- 1281750158
- 9781435660755
- 1435660757
- OCLC:
- 815686674
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