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In Moral Desert, Howard Simmons notes that the idea that we deserve
to be praised or rewarded for good behavior and blamed or punished
when we act badly seems central to everyone's moral deliberation
and practices. Simmons subjects this assumption to critical
scrutiny. He argues that in a wide range of cases it is almost
impossible to know the extent of people's moral responsibility, and
indeed that it may be a complete delusion. He attacks the
still-popular theory of retributive punishment, with special
reference to the views of Peter French and J. Angelo Corlett.
Simmons does not conclude that punishment is always unjustified,
but insists that any justification should relate to its real world
consequences. State punishment should be inflicted according to
strict consequentialist precepts, and the author provides
systematic principles for determining an appropriate sentence and
for deciding when offenders should be excused. He also considers
the implications of his views for distributive justice and personal
morality.
This official U.S. Marine Corps history provides unique information
about an important aspect of the Korean War. Some of the subjects
included in this history: Major General Field Harris, Colonel Lewis
B. Chesty Puller, Major General Oliver P. Smith, 1st Marine
Division, General Douglas MacArthur, President Truman, USS Mount
McKinley, Wolmi-Do, the drive to Kimpo, amphibious assault, DUKWs.
Fresh out of a Defiance, Ohio, high school, Thomas Boyd (1898-1935)
joined the Marines to serve his country in the patriotic heat of
the spring of 1917. In 1919 he came home from the war with a Croix
de Guerre and a desire to write. He joined the St. Paul News as a
journalist and opened a bookstore, whose patrons included F. Scott
Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis. Through the Wheat appeared to
immediate acclaim, with F. Scott Fitzgerald calling it "a work of
art" and "arresting." Boyd wrote five other works before he died in
Vermont of a cerebral hemorrhage at age thirty-seven. Introducing
this Bison Books edition is Edwin Howard Simmons, a retired
brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps and the author
of The United States Marines: A History.
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