Justifying Legal Punishment / Edition 2

by Igor Primoratz

Overview

While the philosophy of punishment is dominated by utilitarian and "mixed" theories, this study, written in the analytic tradition but also drawing on the views of Hegel, argues for a purely retributive view: all the main questions facing a theory of punishment are answered in terms of justice and desert, without any concessions to social expediency.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573924108
Publisher:	Humanities Press
Publication date:	11/01/1997
Series:	Studies in Applied Philosophy
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	5.33(w) x 8.34(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Igor Primoratz is a Principal Research Fellow with the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne and Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Editorial Reviews

"Justifying Legal Punishment offers a cogent defense of retributivism. .. a biting critique of utilitarian justifications of punishment, and a tentative defense of capital punishment.. .. A particularly timely book, given the precarious progress of retributivism in the twentieth century." —Ethics “By producing the present, clear, comprehensive, and compelling defense of a strict retributivist justification, Dr. Igor Primoratz has set a challenging standard." —The Philosophical Quarterly

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