Retribution Reconsidered: More Essays in the Philosophy of Law (Philosophical Studies Series, 54)

Jeffrie G. Murphy's second collection of essays further pursues the topics of punishment and retribution that were explored in his 1979 collection __Retribution, Justice and Therapy.__ Murphy now explores these topics in the context of political philosophy as well as moral philosophy, and he now begins to develop some doubts about the version of the retributive theory with which his name has long been associated. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Why have Criminal Law at All?....Pages 1-13 Retributivism, Moral Education, and the Liberal State....Pages 15-30 Does Kant Have a Theory of Punishment?....Pages 31-60 Getting Even: The Role of the Victim....Pages 61-85 The Justice of Economics....Pages 87-104 Blackmail: A Preliminary Inquiry....Pages 105-124 Consent, Coercion, and Hard Choices....Pages 125-142 Rationality and Constraints on Democratic Rule....Pages 143-166 Constitutionalism, Moral Skepticism, and Religious Belief....Pages 167-179 Kantian Autonomy and Divine Commands....Pages 181-187 War, Self-Defense, and Defense of Others....Pages 189-200 The Will to Deviance....Pages 201-210 Injustice and Misfortune....Pages 211-223 Back Matter....Pages 225-230

Jeffrie G. Murphy's second collection of essays further pursues the topics of punishment and retribution that were explored in his 1979 collection Retribution, Justice and Therapy.
Murphy now explores these topics in the context of political philosophy as well as moral philosophy, and he now begins to develop some doubts about the version of the retributive theory with which his name has long been associated.