Punishment : the supposed justifications revisited / / Ted Honderich
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| Autore: |
Honderich Ted
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| Titolo: |
Punishment : the supposed justifications revisited / / Ted Honderich
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2006 |
| Edizione: | Rev. ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.601 |
| Soggetto topico: | Punishment |
| Punishment - Philosophy | |
| Punishment - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Note generali: | Previous ed.: Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 1989. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-244) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Problem and Definition -- THE NEED TO JUSTIFY PUNISHMENT -- THE DEFINITION OF PUNISHMENT -- 2 Backward-Looking Theories -- RETRIBUTION THEORIES IN GENERAL -- LEGAL, CIRCULAR, AND INTRINSIC-GOOD RETRIBUTIVISM -- DISTRESS-CULPABILITY, FORFEITED RIGHTS, INDIFFERENCE -- INNOCENCE SYSTEM -- ANNULMENT, OFFENDERS' RIGHTS -- RATIONAL CONTRACT -- CONSENT TO LOSS OF IMMUNITY -- SATISFACTIONS-IN-ACTING -- 3 Grievance Satisfaction -- AN ACTUAL REASON -- SYSTEM -- DEFENCES AND CRITICISMS -- 4 Utilitarian Prevention, etc. -- QUESTIONS OF FACT ABOUT PREVENTION -- THE UTILITARIAN PREVENTION THEORY -- THE VICTIMIZATION OBJECTION -- UTILITARIANS ON VICTIMIZATION -- JUSTIFIED AND UNJUSTIFIED VICTIMIZATIONS -- RETROSPECT AND CONCLUSION -- 5 Reform, Rehabilitation, -- PUNISHMENT AS REFORMATIVE -- ILLNESS AND TREATMENT -- OBJECTIONS -- 6 Determinism -- PUNISHMENT, FREEDOM, RESPONSIBILITY -- A SKETCH OF DETERMINISM -- DETERMINISM DESPITE QUANTUM THEORY -- COMPATIBILISM AND INCOMPATIBILISM -- ATTITUDINISM -- ARGUMENTS FOR COMPATIBILISM AND INCOMPATIBILISM -- THE REAL CONSEQUENCES OF DETERMINISM -- PUNISHMENT -- 7 Compromise Theories -- RETROSPECT, SEPARATE QUESTIONS -- PREVENTION AND RETRIBUTION -- CORRECT-VALUES RETRIBUTIVISM -- LIBERAL-COMMUNITY RETRIBUTIVISM -- 8 Non-Problem, Other Conclusions -- THE END OF ALL RETRIBUTIVISM -- THE DECENT SOCIETY -- THE PRINCIPLE OF HUMANITY -- OUR SOCIETIES -- OUR UNJUSTIFIED PUNISHMENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | -- A classic book transformed by a philosopher at his strongest --Reviews of the first edition:'Painstaking, comprehensive and unimpassioned.' Anthony Kenny, New Statesman'Bold, tough, direct style ... a pleasure to read.' Mary Warnock, Times Literary Sup |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Punishment |
| ISBN: | 1-84964-482-9 |
| 1-281-75015-8 | |
| 9786611750152 | |
| 1-4356-6075-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825009303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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