Leo Zaibert

Punishment and Retribution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discussions of punishment typically assume that punishment is criminal punishment carried out by the State. Punishment is, however, a richer phenomenon and it occurs in many contexts. This book contains a general account of punishment which overcomes the difficulties of competing accounts. Recognizing punishment's manifoldness is valuable not merely in contributing to conceptual clarity, but in that this recognition sheds light on the complicated problem of punishment's justification. Insofar as they narrowly presuppose that punishment is criminal punishment, most apparent solutions to the tension between consequentialism and retributivism are rather unenlightening if we attempt to apply them in other contexts. Moreover, this presupposition has given rise to an unwieldy variety of accounts of retributivism which are less helpful in contexts other than criminal punishment. Treating punishment comprehensibly helps us to better understand how it differs from similar phenomena, and to carry on the discussion of its justification fruitfully.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9780754623892
• ISBN-10: 0754623890
• Artikelnr.: 47772084

Autorenporträt

Leo Zaibert is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Wisonsin-Parkside, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Theories and Justifications
Chapter 2 Taking Punishment Seriously
Chapter 3 Punishment and Revenge
Chapter 4 A Taxonomy of Retributivism
Chapter 5 Minimalism, Logic, and Normativity
Chapter 6 Retributivism and the Normative Universe
Chapter 7 Moralisms, Justifications, and Intrinsic Value