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Thomas Aquinas and the philosophy of punishment / Peter Karl Koritansky.
- Title
- Thomas Aquinas and the philosophy of punishment / Peter Karl Koritansky.
- Author
- Koritansky, Peter Karl, 1974-
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | B765.T54 K63 2012 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 209 p.; 22 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: modern philosophies of punishment and the return to Aquinas -- The problem with the utilitarian theory of punishment -- The problem with modern retributivism -- Foundations of the Thomistic theory of punishment -- The moral basis of punishment: Aquinas's retributivism -- Beyond retribution: punishing criminals in political society -- Capital punishment, evangelium vitae, and the Thomistic theory of punishment -- Conclusion: Thomas Aquinas and modern theories of punishment.
- ISBN
- 9780813218830 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0813218837 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2011033836
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library