Jonathan Jacobs examines the injustice of incarceration in the U.S. and U.K., both during incarceration and upon release into civil society. Situated at the intersection of criminology and political philosophy, Jacobs's focus is on moral reasoning, and he argues that the current state of incarceration is antithetical to the project of liberal democracy, as it strips incarcerated people of their agency. He advocates for reforms through a renewed commitment to the values and principles of liberal democracy and proposes a retributivist conception of sanction to reform the criminal justice system and emphasizes the importance of proportionality.…mehr
Jonathan Jacobs examines the injustice of incarceration in the U.S. and U.K., both during incarceration and upon release into civil society. Situated at the intersection of criminology and political philosophy, Jacobs's focus is on moral reasoning, and he argues that the current state of incarceration is antithetical to the project of liberal democracy, as it strips incarcerated people of their agency. He advocates for reforms through a renewed commitment to the values and principles of liberal democracy and proposes a retributivist conception of sanction to reform the criminal justice system and emphasizes the importance of proportionality.
Jonathan Jacobs is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a member of the Doctoral Faculties of Philosophy and Criminal Justice at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983. He works on topics at the intersection of Ethics, Politics and Criminal Justice, and also on issues in medieval moral philosophy and Jewish philosophy. He has been a Visiting Professor or Visiting Scholar at the University of Edinburgh, the University of St. Andrews, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and is a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Littauer Foundation, the Earhart Foundation, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of York.
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Preface Introduction Chapter 1: The Political Order 1.1 The Liberal Polity 1.2 Civil Society 1.3 Civil Society and Moral Education 1.4 The Rule of Law and Morality 1.5 Liberalism and Civility Chapter 2: Criminal Justice and Justice Overall Part I 2.1 Equality and Egalitarianism 2.2 Contexts, Liberty, and Egalitarianism 2.3 Criminal Justice, Distributive Justice, and the Liberal State 2.4 Criminal Justice, Distributive Justice, and Civility Chapter 3: Criminal Justice and Justice Overall Part II 3.1 Some Contextual Factors 3.2 To Which Values Should Criminal Justice Respond? 3.3 The Dispute Over Desert 3.4 Desert and Agency Chapter 4: Retributivism and Resentment 4.1 Reasons to Reclaim Retributivism 4.2 Concerns about Consequentialism 4.3 A Role for Resentment 4.4 What is Being Communicated by Criminal Conviction? Chapter 5: Deficits of Justice and Civility 5.1 The Harm Being Done 5.2 Some Important Aspects of Prison Culture Chapter 6: Retributive Sanction 6.1 Some Misconceptions about Retributivism 6.2 Distinguishing Diverse Retributivist Approaches 6.3 Communication and Proportionality 6.4 Better Outcomes Without Consequentialism Conclusion
Preface Introduction Chapter 1: The Political Order 1.1 The Liberal Polity 1.2 Civil Society 1.3 Civil Society and Moral Education 1.4 The Rule of Law and Morality 1.5 Liberalism and Civility Chapter 2: Criminal Justice and Justice Overall Part I 2.1 Equality and Egalitarianism 2.2 Contexts, Liberty, and Egalitarianism 2.3 Criminal Justice, Distributive Justice, and the Liberal State 2.4 Criminal Justice, Distributive Justice, and Civility Chapter 3: Criminal Justice and Justice Overall Part II 3.1 Some Contextual Factors 3.2 To Which Values Should Criminal Justice Respond? 3.3 The Dispute Over Desert 3.4 Desert and Agency Chapter 4: Retributivism and Resentment 4.1 Reasons to Reclaim Retributivism 4.2 Concerns about Consequentialism 4.3 A Role for Resentment 4.4 What is Being Communicated by Criminal Conviction? Chapter 5: Deficits of Justice and Civility 5.1 The Harm Being Done 5.2 Some Important Aspects of Prison Culture Chapter 6: Retributive Sanction 6.1 Some Misconceptions about Retributivism 6.2 Distinguishing Diverse Retributivist Approaches 6.3 Communication and Proportionality 6.4 Better Outcomes Without Consequentialism Conclusion
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