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catalog abstract "While most philosophers who write about punishment ask, "Why may we punish the guilty?" Jacob Adler asks, "To what extent does a guilty person have a duty to submit to punishment?" He maintains that if we are to justify any system of punishment by the state, we must explain why persons guilty of an offense are morally bound to submit to punitive treatment, or to undertake it on their own. Using Rawls's theory of social contract as a framework, the author presents what he calls the rectification theory of punishment. After examining punishment from two points of view--that of the punisher and that of the offender who is to be punished--Adler proposes the Paradigm of the Conscientious Punishee: a repentant wrongdoer who views punishment as not necessarily unpleasant, but as something it is morally incumbent upon one to undertake. The author argues that this paradigm must play a central role in the theory of punishment. Citing community service projects and penances for sin (as required by some religions), Adler argues that punishment need not involve pain or any other disvalue. Instead he defines it in terms of its justificatory connection with wrongdoing: punishment is that which is justified by the prior commission of an offense and generally not justified without the prior commission of an offense. The rectification theory applies particularly to offenses involving basic liberties. It is based on the assumption that each person is guaranteed the right to an inviolable sphere of liberty. Someone who commits an offense has expanded his or her sphere by arrogating excess liberties. In order to maintain the equality on which this theory rests, an equivalent body of liberties must be given up. In discussing applications of the theory, Adler demonstrates that active service (as punishment) is more effective in safeguarding important rights and interests and maintaining the social contract than is afflictive punishment.".
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catalog contributor b3373761.
catalog created "1992.".
catalog date "1992".
catalog date "1992.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-302) and index.".
catalog description "While most philosophers who write about punishment ask, "Why may we punish the guilty?" Jacob Adler asks, "To what extent does a guilty person have a duty to submit to punishment?" He maintains that if we are to justify any system of punishment by the state, we must explain why persons guilty of an offense are morally bound to submit to punitive treatment, or to undertake it on their own. Using Rawls's theory of social contract as a framework, the author presents what he calls the rectification theory of punishment. After examining punishment from two points of view--that of the punisher and that of the offender who is to be punished--Adler proposes the Paradigm of the Conscientious Punishee: a repentant wrongdoer who views punishment as not necessarily unpleasant, but as something it is morally incumbent upon one to undertake. The author argues that this paradigm must play a central role in the theory of punishment. Citing community service projects and penances for sin (as required by some religions), Adler argues that punishment need not involve pain or any other disvalue. Instead he defines it in terms of its justificatory connection with wrongdoing: punishment is that which is justified by the prior commission of an offense and generally not justified without the prior commission of an offense. The rectification theory applies particularly to offenses involving basic liberties. It is based on the assumption that each person is guaranteed the right to an inviolable sphere of liberty. Someone who commits an offense has expanded his or her sphere by arrogating excess liberties. In order to maintain the equality on which this theory rests, an equivalent body of liberties must be given up. In discussing applications of the theory, Adler demonstrates that active service (as punishment) is more effective in safeguarding important rights and interests and maintaining the social contract than is afflictive punishment.".
catalog description "pt. 1. A Metatheory of Punishment. 1. Why Submit to Punishment? 1. How to Justify Punishment. 2. Submission to Punishment: A Brief History. 3. The Need to Address the Question of Submission. 4. Civil Disobedience. 2. Two Paradigms of Punishment. 1. The Two Paradigms. 2. The Status of the Two Paradigms. 3. The Priority of the Conscientious Paradigm. 4. Submission to Punishment and the Traditional Theories. 5. Nontraditional Theories. 3. It Doesn't Have to Hurt: Punishment, Suffering, and Other Evils. 1. The History of the Standard View. 2. Refutation of the Standard View: The Main Grounds. 3. Additional Counterexamples. 4. The Psychology of Positive Punishment. 5. Disvalue and the Justification of Punishment. 6. Concessions to the Standard View. 4. What Is Punishment? 1. A Definition. 2. Applications. 3. Definition and Justification -- pt. 2. A Theory of Punishment. 5. The Rectification Theory of Punishment. 1. Equal Basic Rights. 2. The Kernel of the Theory. 3. How to Broaden Your Sphere. 4. The Extent of the Broadening. 5. Determining the Sentence. 6. An Objection: Future or Past Rights? 7. Suffering Not Essential. 8. A True Claim of Rights? 9. Interpretation of the Punishment. 10. How to Restrict Your Own Liberty. 11. Remission of Punishment. 12. Affinities to Other Views. 6. The Rectification Theory: Application and Evaluation. 1. The Domain of the Principle. 2. Attempts and Victimless Offenses. 3. Punishment of Recidivists. 4. Community Service. 5. Imprisonment. 6. Penance for Sins. 7. Evaluation. 7. Punishment and Contract. 1. Overview. 2. Methodology for Nonideal Theory. 3. Making the Contract. 4. The Content of the Contract. 5. Principles of Interpretation. 6. Applicability of the Contract; Division of Offenses. 7. Applying the Contract. 8. Transfer to the Real World. 9. Hamlet without the Prince. 8. Punishment, Contract, and Fraternity. 1. An Objection. 2. The Social Contract as Relational Contract. 3. The Fraternal Society. 4. The Questions Answered.".
catalog extent "ix, 316 p. ;".
catalog identifier "0877228264 (alk. paper) :".
catalog issued "1992".
catalog issued "1992.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Philadelphia : Temple University Press,".
catalog subject "364.6 20".
catalog subject "HV8675 .A35 1991".
catalog subject "Punishment Philosophy.".
catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. A Metatheory of Punishment. 1. Why Submit to Punishment? 1. How to Justify Punishment. 2. Submission to Punishment: A Brief History. 3. The Need to Address the Question of Submission. 4. Civil Disobedience. 2. Two Paradigms of Punishment. 1. The Two Paradigms. 2. The Status of the Two Paradigms. 3. The Priority of the Conscientious Paradigm. 4. Submission to Punishment and the Traditional Theories. 5. Nontraditional Theories. 3. It Doesn't Have to Hurt: Punishment, Suffering, and Other Evils. 1. The History of the Standard View. 2. Refutation of the Standard View: The Main Grounds. 3. Additional Counterexamples. 4. The Psychology of Positive Punishment. 5. Disvalue and the Justification of Punishment. 6. Concessions to the Standard View. 4. What Is Punishment? 1. A Definition. 2. Applications. 3. Definition and Justification -- pt. 2. A Theory of Punishment. 5. The Rectification Theory of Punishment. 1. Equal Basic Rights. 2. The Kernel of the Theory. 3. How to Broaden Your Sphere. 4. The Extent of the Broadening. 5. Determining the Sentence. 6. An Objection: Future or Past Rights? 7. Suffering Not Essential. 8. A True Claim of Rights? 9. Interpretation of the Punishment. 10. How to Restrict Your Own Liberty. 11. Remission of Punishment. 12. Affinities to Other Views. 6. The Rectification Theory: Application and Evaluation. 1. The Domain of the Principle. 2. Attempts and Victimless Offenses. 3. Punishment of Recidivists. 4. Community Service. 5. Imprisonment. 6. Penance for Sins. 7. Evaluation. 7. Punishment and Contract. 1. Overview. 2. Methodology for Nonideal Theory. 3. Making the Contract. 4. The Content of the Contract. 5. Principles of Interpretation. 6. Applicability of the Contract; Division of Offenses. 7. Applying the Contract. 8. Transfer to the Real World. 9. Hamlet without the Prince. 8. Punishment, Contract, and Fraternity. 1. An Objection. 2. The Social Contract as Relational Contract. 3. The Fraternal Society. 4. The Questions Answered.".
catalog title "The urgings of conscience : a theory of punishment / Jacob Adler.".
catalog type "text".