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Responsibility and Punishment

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  • © 2001

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  1. J. Angelo Corlett

    1. Department of Philosophy, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

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  • Presents a lucid defense of retributivism against several long-standing criticisms
  • Extends discussion of wrong-doing to collectives and compensation through discussion of US treatment of Native Americans
  • Unequaled in its depth and scope of discussion
  • Will benefit professionals in ethics, moral, social, political, and legal philosophy

Part of the book series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy (LOET, volume 9)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-6

  3. The Problem of Responsibility

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    Pages 7-17

  4. The Problem of Punishment

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    Pages 18-31

  5. Foundations of a Kantian Retributivism

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    Pages 32-48

  6. Assessing Retributivism

    • J. Angelo Corlett
    Pages 49-76

  7. Forgiveness, Mercy, and Retributivism

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    Pages 77-87

  8. The Problem of Collective Responsibility

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    Pages 88-100

  9. Corporate Responsibility and Punishment

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    Pages 101-113

  10. Collective Wrongdoing, Reparations, and Native Americans

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    Pages 114-148

  11. Conclusion

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    Pages 149-151

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 152-169
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About this book

The contents of this book represent over a decade of my work in studying and assessing critically the philosophical work in the areas related to responsibility and punishment theories. Certain chapters or sections of chapters of this book contain some of what I have contributed in various philosophy journals or other sources. For example, the contents of Chapter 4 consists of a revised version of an essay by the same title published in The Southern Journal 0/ Philosophy to which thanks are expressed for the use of it herein. Substantial sections of Chapter 5 consist of an essay, "Making Sense of Retributivism," which is forthcoming in Philosophy, and gratitude is expressed to the Royal Institute of Philosophy, London, for use of it here. The contents of Chapter 7 is a revised version of an article forthcoming as "Collective Moral Responsibility," in A. Jokic, Editor, From History to Justice (New York: Peter Lang). The contents of Chapter 8 is essentially a revised form of an article by the same title from the Journal 0/ Social Philosophy, and gratitude is expressed to Blackwell Publishers for use of it in this book. Chapter 9 contains substantial material from "Reparations to Native Americans?" in A. Jokic, Editor, War Crimes and Collective Wrongdoing (London: Blackwell, 2(01). I am thankful to Blackwell Publishers for use of that material in this work.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

    J. Angelo Corlett

About the author

J. Angelo Corlett is Professor of Philosophy & Ethics at San Diego State University, and author of over 75 articles in various leading philosophy and other academic journals, including the books: Analyzing Social Knowledge (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1996); Terrorism: A Philosophical Analysis (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003), Philosophical Studies Series, Volume 101; Race, Racism, and Reparations (Cornell University Press, 2003). He also serves as the Editor-in –Chief of The Journal of Ethics: An International Philosophical Review (Springer), and is the editor of and contributor to Equality and Liberty: Analyzing Rawls and Nozick (Macmillan, 1990).

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