Overview
- 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)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Responsibility and Punishment presents a clear-headed defense of retributivism against several long-standing criticisms. In the end, a viable version of retributivism emerges as one which withstands more criticism than competing theories of responsibility and punishment. Extending the problem of wrong doing to collectives and compensation, Corlett explores the matter of reparations for past wrongs in the case of the crimes committed against Native Americans by the United States Government. No other philosophical work on responsibility and punishment exhibits this breadth of scope, as it delves deeply into particular concerns with retributivism, responsibility, and certain areas of compensation. Academicians and professionals in ethics, moral, social, political, and legal philosophy are likely to benefit from this analytical treatment of responsibility and punishment.
Reviews
"This is an excellent book. Corlett explores both foundational issues pertaining to free will, moral responsibility, retribution, and mercy and also the more "applied" issues relating to punishment. His scope is extraordinarily wide, and the combination of theoretical and applied analysis is distinctive and admirable. He is a pioneer in work on collective responsibility - an important and often neglected aspect of the analysis of moral responsibility. Anyone interested in the interconnected issues of moral responsibility and punishment should read this book!"
(John Martin Fischer, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside, author of "Responsibility and Control" and "The Metaphysics of Free Will")
From the reviews of the third edition:
"J. Angelo Corlett, in Responsibility and Punishment 3rd edition, argues that to take justice seriously, the state is obligated to punish criminal offenders like the Garridos in proportion to the harm they have caused. He argues for a theory of retributive punishment in which criminals receive punishment based on the degree to which they are responsible. … I recommend it to anyone interested in questions of moral responsibility and questions about punishment." (Josef Thomas Simpson, Metapsychology Online Reviews, Vol.13 (48), November, 2009)
Authors and Affiliations
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).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Responsibility and Punishment
Authors: J. Angelo Corlett
Series Title: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0421-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2004
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0421-2Published: 14 March 2013
Series ISSN: 1387-6678
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0323
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: X, 214
Topics: Philosophy, general, Ontology, Ethics, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general