Punishment and Ethics - by J Ryberg & J Corlett (Hardcover)

About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

A collection of original contributions by philosophers working in the ethics of punishment, gathering new perspectives on various challenging topics including punishment and forgiveness, dignity, discrimination, public opinion, torture, rehabilitation, and restitution.

Review Quotes

'Punishment and Ethics: New Perspectives proves that punishment theory is not only alive but lively in surprising ways both in the US and in Europe - retributivism, of course, but also (another surprise) some forms of consequentialism too. The range of questions seems to be growing as well. Who would have have expected a whole chapter trying to justify punitive torture or showing that Socrates held a mixed theory of punishment (if he had a "theory" at all)? Whatever my opinion of particular arguments, I found the book as a whole fun - taking me to many places I had not expected to go.' - Michael Davis, Illinois Institute of Technology

About the Author

CHRISTOPHER BENNETT Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, UK THOM BROOKS, Reader Department of Politics, University of Newcastle, UK DAVID B. HERSHENOW Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo, USA STEPHEN KERSHNAR Associate Professor, State University of New York, USA KASPER LIPPERT-RASMUSSEN Professor in Political Theory, University of Aarhus, Denmark THOMAS S. PETERSEN Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Roskilde University, Denmark LEO ZAIBERT Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA