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Punishment as Societal-Defense

Punishment as Societal-Defense

Paperback

Series: Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy

General Political Science

ISBN10: 084768072X
ISBN13: 9780847680726
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Jan 23 1996
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.41 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
People punished by law are treated in ways that we consider immoral in other contexts. In Punishment as Societal-Defense, Phillip Montague develops a new theory of punishment that, instead of justifying it on the basis of deterrence or retribution, constructs it as analogous to individual self-defense. If people are justified in defending themselves against wrongful aggression, Montague argues, the same principles of distributive justice underlie punishment as societal defense.

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