Punishment as Societal-Defense

By Phillip Montague

Book Overview

People punished by law are treated in ways that we consider immoral in other contexts. In Punishment as Societal-Defense, Phillip Montague develops a new theory of punishment that, instead of justifying it on the basis of deterrence or retribution, constructs it as analogous to individual self-defense. If people are justified in defending themselves against wrongful aggression, Montague argues, the same principles of distributive justice underlie punishment as societal defense.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 084768072X
• ISBN13: 9780847680726
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.0"