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Punishment: A Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader
A. John Simmons (Ed.)
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Description for Punishment: A Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader
Paperback. The problem of justifying legal punishment has been at the heart of legal and social philosophy from the very earliest recorded philosophical texts. This title offers proposals for improving established theories of punishment and compelling arguments against long-held positions. Editor(s): Simmons, A. John; Cohen, Marshall; Cohen, Joshua; Beitz, Charles R. Series: Philosophy & Public Affairs Readers. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKVP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
The problem of justifying legal punishment has been at the heart of legal and social philosophy from the very earliest recorded philosophical texts. However, despite several hundred years of debate, philosophers have not reached agreement about how legal punishment can be morally justified. That is the central issue addressed by the contributors to this volume. All of the essays collected here have been published in the highly respected journal Philosophy & Public Affairs. Taken together, they offer not only significant proposals for improving established theories of punishment and compelling arguments against long-held positions, but also ori-ginal and important answers to ... Read more
The problem of justifying legal punishment has been at the heart of legal and social philosophy from the very earliest recorded philosophical texts. However, despite several hundred years of debate, philosophers have not reached agreement about how legal punishment can be morally justified. That is the central issue addressed by the contributors to this volume. All of the essays collected here have been published in the highly respected journal Philosophy & Public Affairs. Taken together, they offer not only significant proposals for improving established theories of punishment and compelling arguments against long-held positions, but also ori-ginal and important answers to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy & Public Affairs Readers
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691029559
SKU
V9780691029559
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Reviews for Punishment: A Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader
Winner of the Charles Rufus Morey Award, College Art Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1993 "Ringside theorists can get more in 'Punishment', a set of strictly philosophical essays ... 'Punishment' ends with a lively exchange about sentencing bias in capital punishment."
The Economist
The Economist