David Boonin

The Problem of Punishment

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Produktbeschreibung

Asks why it is morally permissible for the state to punish people for breaking the law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9780521709613
• ISBN-10: 052170961X
• Artikelnr.: 23408660

Autorenporträt

David Boonin is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of A Defense of Abortion and Thomas Hobbes and the Science of Moral Virtue, as well as numerous articles on a variety of topics in ethics and applied ethics.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The problem of punishment
2. The consequentialist solution
3. The retributivist solution
4. Other solutions
5. The appeal to necessity.