Justifying Legal Punishment (Studies in Applied Philosophy)
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Justifying Legal Punishment (Studies in Applied Philosophy)
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While the philosophy of punishment is dominated by utilitarian and "mixed" theories, this study, written in the analytic tradition but also drawing on the views of Hegel, argues for a purely retributive view: all the main questions facing a theory of punishment are answered in terms of justice and desert, without any concessions to social expediency.