Thomas Aquinas and the philosophy of punishment
By: Peter Karl Koritansky
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press; The Catholic University of America Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780813218830
Subjects: Retribution; Punishment; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: modern philosophies of punishment and the return to Aquinas; title: The problem with the utilitarian theory of punishment; title: The problem with modern retributivism; title: Foundations of the Thomistic theory of punishment; title: The moral basis of punishment: Aquinas's retributivism; title: Beyond retribution: punishing criminals in political society; title: Capital punishment, evangelium vitae, and the Thomistic theory of punishment; title: Conclusion: Thomas Aquinas and modern theories of punishment.