Honor and Revenge: A Theory of Punishment (Paperback, 2013 ed.)

This book addresses the problem of justifying the institution of criminal punishment. It examines the "paradox of retribution": the fact that we cannot seem to reject the intuition that punishment is morally required, and yet we cannot (even after two thousand years of philosophical debate) find a morally legitimate basis for inflicting harm on wrongdoers. The book comes at a time when a new "abolitionist" movement has arisen, a movement that argues that we should give up the search for justification and accept that punishment is morally unjustifiable and should be discontinued immediately. This book, however, proposes a new approach to the retributive theory of punishment, arguing that it should be understood in its traditional formulation that has been long forgotten or dismissed: that punishment is essentially a defense of the honor of the victim. Properly understood, this can give us the possibility of a legitimate moral justification for the institution of punishment.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Law and Philosophy Library, 104
Release date:	September 2014
First published:	2013
Authors:	Whitley R. P. Kaufman
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	204
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9401784757
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Jurisprudence & philosophy of law Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General
LSN:	9401784752
Barcode:	9789401784757

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