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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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/10.1007/978-94-015-9851-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2001
eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9851-4Published: 14 March 2013
Series ISSN: 1387-6678
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0323
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 169
Topics: Philosophy, general, Ontology, Ethics, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general