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Punishment and Responsibility
In Dennis Patterson (ed.), A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 504–512 (2010)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: What I s Punishment? Purposes of Punishment An Alternative Theory of Punishment Responsibility References.
punishment and responsibility notions of punishment and responsibility ‐ displaying tight conceptual connection punishment ‐ enabling offenders to pay their “debts” and resume their role in society purposes of punishment ‐ disputes about purposes of punishment argument for retributive theories ‐ relying on appeal to authority Kant's understanding of “retribution” ‐ captured in German term vergeltung institution of punishment ‐ opportunity to counteract criminal's dominance over victim first stage of legal violation ‐ determining whether an “unlawful act” has occurred
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