The problem of punishment

Author(s)

• Boonin-Vail, David

Bibliographic Information

The problem of punishment

David Boonin

Cambridge University Press, 2008

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-291) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this book, David Boonin examines the problem of punishment, and particularly the problem of explaining why it is morally permissible for the state to treat those who break the law in ways that would be wrong to treat those who do not? Boonin argues that there is no satisfactory solution to this problem and that the practice of legal punishment should therefore be abolished. Providing a detailed account of the nature of punishment and the problems that it generates, he offers a comprehensive and critical survey of the various solutions that have been offered to the problem and concludes by considering victim restitution as an alternative to punishment. Written in a clear and accessible style, The Problem of Punishment will be of interest to anyone looking for a critical introduction to the subject as well as to those already familiar with it.

Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BD04317605
• ISBN:
  • 9780521709613
• LCCN: 2007031647
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: x, 299 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV7419
  • DC22 : 364.601
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Criminal justice, Administration of -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects