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Punishment : the supposed justifications revisited / Ted Honderich.

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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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