The ends of harm the moral foundations of criminal law / [electronic resource] :
Victor Tadros.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xii, 370 p.).
- Oxford legal philosophy .
- Oxford legal philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How can the brutal and costly enterprise of criminal punishment be justified? This text makes a contribution to the philosophical literature and debate on the morality of punishing, arguing that punishment is justified in the duties that offenders incur as a result of their wrongdoing.
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Criminal law--Moral and ethical aspects. Punishment--Moral and ethical aspects. Criminal law--Philosophy. Punishment--Philosophy.