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On some accounts, punishment is justified by the good results that it brings about. In particular, punishment deters, incapacitates, and may, in some cases, rehabilitate criminals. On a retributivist theory, punishment is not justified on the basis of these desirable results, but rather on the fact that the wrongdoer has done something that deserves punishment. In Desert, Retribution, and Torture, Stephen Kershnar provides an in-depth defense of retributivism. Kershnar then uses this theory to provide support for the notion that very harsh forms of punishment, including torture, are morally justified.
Stephen Kershnar is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York College, Fredonia.
Chapter 1 AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 Desert:The Structure of Punitive DesertChapter 4 The Basis of Deserved Punishment is a Culpable WrongdoingChapter 5 The Justification of Deserved Punishment via General Moral PrinciplesChapter 6 Retributivism: A Defense of RetributivismChapter 7 Reflexive Retributive DutiesChapter 8 Rights Forfeiture in the Context of Culpable WrongdoingChapter 9 Harsh Punishment: Mercy and Harsh PunishmentChapter 10 An Argument for the Use of Torture as PunishmentChapter 11 Index