Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 9780511388330
0511388330
9780511819254
0511819250
9780521883160
0521883164
9780521709613
052170961X
9780511384493
0511384491
1281255025
9781281255020
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-291) and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "In this book, David Boonin examines the problem of punishment, particularly the problem of explaining why it is morally permissible for the state to treat those who break the law differently from those who do not. Boonin argues that there is no satisfactory solution to this problem and that the practice of legal punishment should therefore be abolished. Providing a detailed account of the nature of punishment and the problems that it generates, he offers a comprehensive and critical survey of the various solutions that have been offered to the problem and concludes by considering victim restitution as an alternative to punishment.
Written in a clear and accessible style, The Problem of Punishment will be of interest both to anyone looking for a critical introduction to the subject and to anyone who is already familiar with it."--Jacket.
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| Other form: | Print version: Boonin, David. Problem of punishment. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521883160 0521883164
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