Matthew Altman

A Theory of Legal Punishment (eBook, ePUB)

Deterrence, Retribution, and the Aims of the State

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues for a mixed view of punishment that balances consequentialism and retributivism. It will be of interest to legal philosophers, social scientists, especially criminologists, sociologists, economists, and political scientists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000379341
• Artikelnr.: 61307382

Autorenporträt

Matthew C. Altman is Professor of Philosophy at Central Washington University, USA. He is the author of A Companion to Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" (2008) and Kant and Applied Ethics (2011), coauthor of The Fractured Self in Freud and German Philosophy (2013), editor of The Palgrave Handbook of German Idealism (2014) and The Palgrave Kant Handbook (2017), and series editor of Palgrave Handbooks in German Idealism and Palgrave Handbooks in the Philosophy of Law. He has also published numerous articles on applied ethics, philosophy of law, and the history of philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Defining Punishment
1 Crimes and Burdens
Part II Normative Foundations
2 Preserving the Public Order: A Defense of Consequentialism
3 The Rational and the Reasonable
4 Expressing Resentment: A Defense of Retributivism
5 The Two-Tiered Model of Punishment
Part III Three Arguments
6 The Epistemic Argument
7 The Compatibilist Argument
8 The Moral Argument
Part IV Decision Procedure
9 In Defense of Criminology
10 On Proportionality
11 Jury Nullification and Reflective Equilibrium
Part V Applications
12 Consequences of Capital Punishment
13 Retribution and Restorative Justice