The problem of punishment / David Boonin.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008Description: 350 pISBN: 9780521883160 (hbk.) :; 0521883164 (hbk.) :; 9780521709613 (pbk.) :; 052170961X (pbk.) :Subject(s): Criminal justice, Administration of -- Moral and ethical aspects | Punishment -- Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 364.6'01 Summary: David Boonin examines the problem of punishment, particularly the problem of explaining why it is morally permissible for the state to punish those who break the law. He argues that there is no satisfactory solution to this problem and that the practice of legal punishment should therefore be abolished.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
David Boonin examines the problem of punishment, particularly the problem of explaining why it is morally permissible for the state to punish those who break the law. He argues that there is no satisfactory solution to this problem and that the practice of legal punishment should therefore be abolished.
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