Plato on Punishment /

Punishments hurt. Therefore they must be justifie; but philosophical attempts to do so founder in contradictions and moral difficulties. Danger faces the unwary penologist, yet he persists, for with social organization comes the need to punish those who do wrong. Plato on Punishment draws together p...

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Main Author: Mackenzie, Mary Margaret (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]
Edition:A revision of the author's thesis, Cambridge., Reprint 2020.
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