Punishment and ethics : new perspectives /
edited by Jesper Ryberg, J. Angelo Corlett.
- Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- viii, 190 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Punishment and the Socratic roots of retributivism / J. Angelo Corlett -- Punishment and British idealism / Thom Brooks -- Punishment and restitution / David B. Hershenov -- Punishment and rehabilitation / Christopher Bennett -- Punishment and the measurement of severity / Jesper Ryberg -- Punishment and forgiveness / Leo Zaibert -- Punishment and dignity / Thomas S. Petersen -- Punishment and torture / Stephen Kershnar -- Punishment and public opinion / Jesper Ryberg -- Punishment and discrimination / Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen.
This collection of original contributions by philosophers working in the ethics of punishment presents the reader with new perspectives on various interesting and relevant topics including: punishment and discrimination, punishment and forgiveness, punishment and rehabilitation, punishment and public opinion, punishment and restitution, punishment and tortur, e punishment and dignity /from the publisher's website.