Descript |
1 online resource (224 pages) |
Content |
text txt |
Media |
computer c |
Carrier |
online resource cr |
Descript |
data file rda |
Contents |
Introduction: modern philosophies of punishment and the return to Aquinas -- The problem with the utilitarian theory of punishment -- The problem with modern retributivism -- Foundations of the Thomistic theory of punishment -- The moral basis of punishment: Aquinas's retributivism -- Beyond retribution: punishing criminals in civil society -- Capital punishment, evangelium vitae, and the Thomistic theory of punishment -- Conclusion: Thomas Aquinas and modern theories of punishment. |
ISBN |
9780813219448 (electronic bk.) |
|
0813219442 (electronic bk.) |
|
9780813218830 |
|
0813218837 |
|