The Ethics of Proportionate Punishment
Subtitle: A Critical Investigation (Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 29, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781402025532
Subjects: Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Metaphysics; Law; Politics / Current Events; Punishment; Proportionality in law; Moral and ethical aspects; General; Philosophy / Metaphysics; Criminal justice, Administration of; Criminal Law - General; Criminal justice, Administrati
First sentence: Though the idea of proportionalism is susceptible to different interpretations and has sometimes even been accused of being obscure - for instance, Bentham at one point claimed that the term "proportionate" is more "oracular than instructive" - the way the concept has been used in the retributivist tradition and the way it will be used in this and ensuing chapters will not be controversial.