Justice and punishment : the rationale of coercion / Matt Matravers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matravers, Matt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairness.

Justice.

Punishment--Philosophy.

Punishment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book aims to answer the question: 'why, and by what right do some people punish others?' The author argues that the justification of punishment must be embedded in a substantive political and moral theory. Matravers questions why it is that recent theories of distributive justice have had so little to say about the punishment and retributive justice. His answer is that contemporary theories of justice cannot explain the relationship of justice and morality more broadlyconceived. As this is also the relationship that a theory of punishment needs to explain, it is in examining the problem o

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Consequentialism; 2. Retributivism I: Fair Play Theory; 3. Retributivism II: Resentment, Guilt, and Censure; 4. The Scope of Impartial Justice; 5. Impartial Justice, Motivation, and Punishment; 6. Justice as Mutual Advantage; 7. Self-Interest and the Commitment to Morality; 8. A Constructivist Theory of Moral Norms; 9. The Moral Community, Justified Coercion, and Punishment; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-282) and index.

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ISBN:

1-281-94384-3

9786611943844

0-19-152255-4

0-585-34808-1

OCLC:

735626406