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Record Nr.

UNINA9911018660003321

Autore

Teays Wanda

Titolo

Solitary Confinement : Philosophical Perspectives / / by Wanda Teays

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

9783031965661

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 pages)

Collana

Library of Public Policy and Public Administration ; ; 20

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Ethics

Human rights

Philosophy - History

Law - Philosophy

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics

Human Rights

History of Philosophy

Philosophy of Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part I . Introduction to the Text -- 1. Introduction -- Part II . The Practice -- 2. Overview -- 3. Hoods and Sandbags -- Part III. Historical Perspectives -- 4. Jeremy Bentham The Panopticon -- 5. John Stuart Mill On Societal Benefits -- 6. Immanuel Kant On Punishment -- 7. Aristotle: On Reformation and Rehabilitation -- 8. John Rawls On Justice -- Part 4. Contemporary Perspectives -- 9. Michel Foucault Punishment and Power -- 10. Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress Principles of Biomedical Ethics -- 11. Michael Boylan The Impact of Worldviews -- 12. Nel Noddings The Components of Evil -- 13. Claudia Card The Atrocity Paradigm -- Part 5. Principles and Recommendations -- 14. Principles and Ethics Codes -- 15. Recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

This book journeys into the dark territory of solitary confinement. It examines its practice in prisons, jails, immigration detention facilities, and even schools. It looks at international ethics codes such as that of the World Medical Association, the World Health Organization, and the



Declaration of Tokyo, all of which describe the prolonged use of solitary confinement as akin to torture. The author shows how the philosophical theories of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, John Rawls, and others provide an ethical framework for examining solitary confinement. With the aid of contemporary ethicists like Tom Beauchamp, Michael Boylan, Michel Foucault, Claudia Card and Nel Noddings, it also shows how we have the tools for dismantling a practice long overdue for reform. Students, faculty, and the general public will find Solitary Confinement: Philosophical Perspectives a call for change of an urgent human rights issue. Given that thousands of people have been subjected to such extreme isolation and sensory deprivation, this quest warrants our utmost consideration.