Retribution, Justice, and Therapy

Essays in the Philosophy of Law

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Jurisprudence, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Reference
Cover of the book Retribution, Justice, and Therapy by J.G. Murphy, Springer Netherlands
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: J.G. Murphy ISBN: 9789400994614
Publisher: Springer Netherlands Publication: December 6, 2012
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: J.G. Murphy
ISBN: 9789400994614
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication: December 6, 2012
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

One might legitimately ask what reasons other than vanity could prompt an author to issue a collection of his previously published essays. The best reason, I think, is the belief that the essays hang together in such a way that, as a book, they produce a whole which is in a sense greater than the sum of its parts. When this happens, as I hope it does in the present case, it is because the essays pursue related themes in such a way that, together, they at least form a start toward the development of a systematic theory on the common foundations supporting the particular claims in the particular articles. With respect to this collection, the essays can all be read as particular ways of pursuing the following general pattern of thought: that a commitment to justice and a respect for rights (and not social utility) must be the foundation of any morally acceptable legal order; that a social contractarian model is the best way to illuminate this foundation; that a retributive theory of punish­ ment is the only theory of punishment resting on such a foundation and thus is the only morally acceptable theory of punishment; that the twentieth century's faddish movement toward a "scientific" or therapeutic response to crime runs grave risks of undermining the foundations of justice and rights on which the legal order ought to rest; and, finally, that the legitimate worry about the tendency of the behavioral sciences to undermine the values of

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

One might legitimately ask what reasons other than vanity could prompt an author to issue a collection of his previously published essays. The best reason, I think, is the belief that the essays hang together in such a way that, as a book, they produce a whole which is in a sense greater than the sum of its parts. When this happens, as I hope it does in the present case, it is because the essays pursue related themes in such a way that, together, they at least form a start toward the development of a systematic theory on the common foundations supporting the particular claims in the particular articles. With respect to this collection, the essays can all be read as particular ways of pursuing the following general pattern of thought: that a commitment to justice and a respect for rights (and not social utility) must be the foundation of any morally acceptable legal order; that a social contractarian model is the best way to illuminate this foundation; that a retributive theory of punish­ ment is the only theory of punishment resting on such a foundation and thus is the only morally acceptable theory of punishment; that the twentieth century's faddish movement toward a "scientific" or therapeutic response to crime runs grave risks of undermining the foundations of justice and rights on which the legal order ought to rest; and, finally, that the legitimate worry about the tendency of the behavioral sciences to undermine the values of

More books from Springer Netherlands

Cover of the book The Biology of Fungi by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book Revolution, Idealism and Human Freedom: Schelling Hölderlin and Hegel and the Crisis of Early German Idealism by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book Global Values Education by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book Nematode-Trapping Fungi by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book Photostabilization of Polymers by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book Heidegger: The Critique of Logic by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book Basic Statistics by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book Practical Aspects of Computational Chemistry II by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book Topics in Kwa Syntax by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book Phosphoinositides II: The Diverse Biological Functions by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book Xth I.S.C.E.R.G. Symposium by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book Phenomenology of the Political by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book Heterogeneous Photocatalysis Using Inorganic Semiconductor Solids by J.G. Murphy
Cover of the book The Roman Question and the Powers, 1848–1865 by J.G. Murphy
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy