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Desert, Retribution, and Torture

By Stephen Kershnar

Book information

Year
2002
ISBN
0761821538, 9780761821533
LCC
HV8693 .K47 2001
Open Library ID
OL3954201M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8882557 bytes)
Pages
216\220
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

On some accounts, punishment is justified by the good results that it brings about. In particular, punishment deters, incapacitates, and may, in some cases, rehabilitate criminals. On a retributivist theory, punishment is not justified on the basis of these desirable results, but rather on the fact that the wrongdoer has done something that deserves punishment.

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