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Trials and Punishments (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)
Trials and Punishments - Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
Author: R. A. Duff
How can a system of criminal punishment be justified? In particular can it be justified if the moral demand that we respect each other as autonomous moral agents is taken seriously? Traditional attempts to justify punishment as a deterrent or as retribution fail: but Duff suggests that punishment can be understood as a communicative attempt to...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521407618
ISBN-10: 0521407613
Publication Date: 4/26/1991
Pages: 332
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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