Date of Award
Spring 4-28-2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Philosophy
First Advisor
Andrew J Cohen
Second Advisor
William Edmundson
Third Advisor
Andrew Altman
Abstract
In this paper I discuss retributivist justifications for legal punishment. I argue that the main moral retributivist theories advanced so far fail to support a plausible system of legal punishment. As an alternative, I suggest, with some reservations, the legal retributivism advanced by Alan Brudner in his Punishment and Freedom.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/2098970
Recommended Citation
Parsley, Stephen, "Rethinking Legal Retribution." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2011.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/2098970