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Punishment as societal-defense / Phillip Montague.
- Title
- Punishment as societal-defense / Phillip Montague.
- Author
- Montague, Phillip, 1938-
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c1995.
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Text | Use in library | HV8693 .M66 1995 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 175 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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. He recognizes and offers solutions to both the moral difficulties of self-defense and the ways in which punishment after an act differs from defense against an act before it occurs. Montague argues that his theory of punishment is preferable to theories based on deterrence and retribution, and shows how his theory would allow for capital punishment under certain circumstances. Punishment as Societal-Defense will be an important book for professionals and advanced students in philosophy, law, and criminology.
- Series Statement
- Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy
- Uniform Title
- Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-171) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Background -- Ch. 2. Defending and Preserving Individuals -- Ch. 3. Societal-Defense -- Ch. 4. Rethinking Retributivist and Deterrence Theories -- Ch. 5. Punishment as a Societal Right -- Ch. 6. Societal-Defense and Capital Punishment.
- ISBN
- 0847680711 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 084768072X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^95022351^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library