Responsibility and Punishment

Name: Responsibility and Punishment
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ISBN: 9781402041471

ISBN-10: 1402041470

ISBN-13: 9781402041471

Edition: 3rd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: J. Angelo Corlett

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Responsibility and Punishment presents a clear-headed defense of retributivism against several long-standing criticisms. In the end, a viable version of retributivism emerges as one which withstands more criticism than competing theories of responsibility and punishment. Extending the problem of wrong doing to collectives and compensation, Corlett explores the matter of reparations for past wrongs in the case of the crimes committed against Native Americans by the United States Government. No other philosophical work on responsibility and punishment exhibits this breadth of scope, as it delves deeply into particular concerns with retributivism, responsibility, and certain areas of…

Book details

List price: $109.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 3/29/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 252
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.29" tall
Weight: 2.662
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Problem of Responsibility



The Problem of Punishment



Foundations of a Kantian Retributivism



Assessing Retributivism



Forgiveness, Mercy, and Punishment



Capital Punishment



The Problem of Collective Responsibility



Corporate Responsibility and Punishment



Collective Wrongdoing, Reparations, and Native Americans


Conclusion


List of Sources


Index