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Retributive Justice

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
The topic of this chapter is the relationship between retributive justice and distributive justice. The author expounds his view that retributive justice should be noncomparative, and that the currency of retributive desert should be suffering. Some theories of distributive justice employ desert as a basis for distribution, whereas other theories of ...
Larry Alexander
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On retributive justice

Dialectical Anthropology, 1987
suffering so that the offender pays his "debt", and this in turn reinforces the validity of the norms-and-rules. Social justice is thus restored. Retribution has been defined as social sanction, but "social sanction" is far from being identical with retribution.
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ON RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE

Think, 2021
Hsiao has recently developed what he considers a ‘simple and straightforward’ argument for the moral permissibility of corporal punishment. In this article we argue that Hsiao's argument is seriously flawed for at least two reasons. Specifically, we argue that (i) a key premise of Hsiao's argument is question-begging, and (ii) Hsiao's argument depends ...
C. P. Ruloff, Patrick Findler
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Retributive Justice

2016
In this contribution, we review research on the psychology of retributive justice, the subjectively appropriate punishment of individuals or groups who have committed a transgression. We discuss possible evolutionary origins of retributive justice, move on to more reflective philosophies of punishment prevalent in societal discourse, and discuss ...
Wenzel, Michael, Okimoto, Tyler G.
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Retributive Justice

Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 1972
Retributivists who proclaim our moral obligation to punish criminals have displayed, on their own behalf, a type of argumant which I shall call Moral Balance. There are three versions of Moral Balance. According to Moral Balance I, retaliatory punishment restores the equality disturbed by the criminal.
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