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• Title:The immorality of punishment / Michael J. Zimmerman.
  
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• Author/Creator:Zimmerman, Michael J., 1951-
  
• Published/Created:Peterborough, Ont. ; Buffalo, New York : Broadview Press, ©2011.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K5101 .Z56 2011
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Punishment--Moral and ethical aspects.
  
• Description:xi, 183 p. ; 23 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781554810550 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  1554810558 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Definition Of Punishment
  1. Causing harm
  2. Intending harm
  3. Punishment for an offence
  4. Reprobation
  5. Authority
  6. Acting on behalf of the state
  ch. 2 Justification Of Punishment
  1. Moral justification
  2. moral justification of punishment
  3. purpose of punishment
  4. effectiveness of punishment
  5. Punishing the innocent
  ch. 3 Retribution
  1. Repayment
  2. Punishment and desert
  3. Guilt and innocence
  4. Challenges to the truth of retributivism
  5. Challenges to the usefulness of retributivism
  ch. 4 Problem Of Moral Luck
  1. Moral luck
  2. Resultant luck
  3. Situational luck
  4. Luck and punishment
  ch. 5 Repugnance of Punishment
  1. Strict liability
  2. Intending harm
  3. Alternatives to punishment.