Cambridge studies in philosophy Trials and punishments
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0521407613
ISBN 13
9780521407618
Category
United Kingdom
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Publication Year
1991
Publisher
Pages
ix, 320 pages
Subject
UK Crime and Punishment
Series Name
Abstract
"How can a system of criminal punishment be justified? In particular can it be justified if the moral demand that we respect each other as autonomous moral agents is taken seriously? Traditional attempts to justify punishment as a deterrent or as retribution fail: but Duff suggests that punishment can be understood as a communicative attempt to bring a wrong-doer to repent her crime. The conclusion is pessimistic: punishment cannot be justified within our legal system; and this gap between the ideal and the actual presents us with serious moral dilemmas." - Voila
Description
Contents:
On being fit to be tried and punished -- Criticism, blame and moral punishment -- The law's demands -- Trial and verdict -- Trial and punishment -- Consequentialist punishments -- Varieties of retributivism -- Punishment, fairness and rights -- Expression, penance and reform -- The ideal and the actual.
On being fit to be tried and punished -- Criticism, blame and moral punishment -- The law's demands -- Trial and verdict -- Trial and punishment -- Consequentialist punishments -- Varieties of retributivism -- Punishment, fairness and rights -- Expression, penance and reform -- The ideal and the actual.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-310) and indexes.
Number of Copies
1
