Responsibility and Punishment

Responsibility and Punishment by J. Angelo Corlett.

This volume provides discussions of both the concept of responsibility and of punishment, and of both individual and collective responsibility. It provides in-depth Socratic and Kantian bases for a new version of retributivism, and defends that version against the main criticisms that have been rais...

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Main Author: Corlett, J. Angelo (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:4th ed. 2013.
Series:Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, 34
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Law—Philosophy.
Law.
Philosophy.
Criminology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Introduction                                                                                            1: The Problem of Responsibility,- 2: The Problem of Punishment.-3: The Socratic Roots of Retributivism
  • 4: Foundations of a Kantian Retributivism
  • 5: Assessin Retributivism
  • 6: Retributivism and Recidivism
  • 7: Forgiveness, Apology, and Retributive Punishment.-   8: Capital Punishment.- 9: The Problem of Collective Responsibility.-10: Corporate Responsibility and Punishment.-11: U.S. Responsibility for War Crimes in Iraq.-Conclusion                                                                                        .

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