The problem of punishment
By: David Boonin.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780521883160; 9780521709613
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- Moral and ethical aspects; Punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-291) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The problem of punishment; title: 2. The consequentialist solution; title: 3. The retributivist solution; title: 4. Other solutions; title: 5. The appeal to necessity.