The philosophy of punishment [[electronic resource] /] / by Anthony Ellis

• Autore: Ellis Anthony
• Pubblicazione: Exeter, : Imprint Academic, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.601
• Soggetto topico: Punishment - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Body matter; 1: Theories of Punishment; 2: Simple Desert; 3: A Just Distribution; 4: Reform; 5: Denunciation; 6: Condemnation, Penance, and Reconciliation; 7: Externalist Theories and Self-Defence; 8: Externalism: Incapacitation and Deterrence; 9: The Deterrence Theory: Ends and Means; 10: The Deterrence Theory: The Limits of Punishment; Back matter; Bibliography; Also Available from Imprint Academic and Andrews UK
• Sommario/riassunto: The series, St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Life originates in the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, University of St Andrews and is under the general editorship of John Haldane. The series includes monographs, collections of essays and occasional anthologies of source material representing study in those areas of philosophy most relevant to topics of public importance, with the aim of advancing the contribution of philosophy in the discussion of these topics. In ...
• Titolo autorizzato: The philosophy of punishment
• ISBN: 1-283-68973-1; 1-84540-441-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453043603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs.