Trials and Punishments

R. A. Duff

Cambridge University Press, 1991

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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? The conclusion is pessimistic: punishment cannot be justified within our legal system; and this gap between the ideal and the actual presents us with serious moral dilemmas.

ISBN-13
9780521407618
ISBN-10
0521407613
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1991
Publication date
1991-04-26
Pages
332
Dimensions
217x138x21
Weight
454