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German idealism and the concept of punishment /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	German idealism and the concept of punishment // Jean-Christophe Merle ; translated from the German by Joseph J. Kominkiewicz with Jean-Christophe Merle and Frances Brown.
remainder title:	German Idealism & the Concept of Punishment
Author:	Merle, Jean-Christophe,
other author:	Kominkiewicz, Joseph J.,
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 207 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Punishment - Philosophy. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511770425
ISBN:	9780511770425 (ebook)

German idealism and the concept of punishment /
Merle, Jean-Christophe,

German idealism and the concept of punishment /German Idealism & the Concept of PunishmentJean-Christophe Merle ; translated from the German by Joseph J. Kominkiewicz with Jean-Christophe Merle and Frances Brown. - 1 online resource (xv, 207 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Modern European philosophy. - Modern European philosophy..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

The two Kantian concepts of right --

Against the background of early modernism - a period that justified punishment by general deterrence - Kant is usually thought to represent a radical turn towards retributivism. For Kant, and later for Fichte and Hegel, a just punishment respects the humanity inherent in the criminal, and serves no external ends - it is instituted only because the criminal deserves it. In this original study, Jean-Christophe Merle uses close analysis of texts to show that these philosophers did not in fact hold a retributivist position, or even a mixed position; instead he traces in their work the gradual emergence of views in favour of deterrence and resocialisation. He also examines Nietzsche's view that morality rests on the rejection of retribution. His final chapter offers a challenge to the retributivist position, and a defence of resocialisation, in the context of current legal theory and practice concerning the punishment of crimes against humanity.

ISBN: 9780511770425 (ebook)Subjects--Personal Names:

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Kant, Immanuel,
1724-1804.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Punishment
--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: K5103 / .M46913 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 345/.07701

German idealism and the concept of punishment /
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