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The Injustice of Punishment (Paperback)
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The Injustice of Punishment (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Research in Applied Ethics
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The Injustice of Punishment emphasizes that we can never make sense
of moral responsibility while also acknowledging that punishment is
sometimes unavoidable. Recognizing both the injustice and the
necessity of punishment is painful but also beneficial. It
motivates us to find effective means of minimizing both the use and
severity of punishment, and encourages deeper inquiry into the
causes of destructive behavior and how to change those causes in
order to reduce the need for punishment. There is an emerging
alternative to the comfortable but destructive system of moral
responsibility and just deserts. That alternative is not the
creation of philosophers but of sociologists, criminologists,
psychologists, and workplace engineers; it was developed, tested,
and employed in factories, prisons, hospitals, and other settings;
and it is writ large in the practices of cultures that minimize
belief in individual moral responsibility. The alternative marks a
promising path to less punishment, less coercive control, deeper
common commitment, and more genuine freedom.
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