German Idealism and the Concept of Punishment

by Jean-Christophe Merle

Book Overview

Against the background of early modernism - a period that justified punishment by general deterrence - Kant is usually thought to represent a radical turn towards retributivism. For Kant, and later... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107559308
• ISBN13: 9781107559301
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"