Rights Forfeiture and Punishment by Christopher Wellman
In Rights Forfeiture and Punishment, Christopher Heath Wellman argues that those who seek to defend the moral permissibility of punishment should shift their focus from general justifying aims to moral side constraints. On Wellman's view, punishment is permissible just in case the wrongdoer has forfeited her right against punishment.
Christopher Heath Wellman's Rights Forfeiture and Punishment is an engaging and carefully written bookIt is provocative and challenging...It is a book that proposes discussions and compels us to think meticulously about punishment and related topics. * Gustavo A. Beade, Journal of Moral Philosophy *
In this crisply written book, Christopher HeathWellman does a service to the philosophy of punishment literature. * Kimberley Brownlee, University of Warwick, Ethics *
His book cogently sets out and develops defenses of the theory that he has described in a number of recent publications, and explores its implications for such related topics as the existence of procedural rights, the moral credentials of mala prohibita offenses, and the theoretical basis of international criminal law. Wellman examines many objections to the forfeiture theory and counters them with arguments presented in a clear and lucid style and illustrated by ingenious hypotheticals ... The book offers a sophisticated presentation of that theory which covers a lot of ground and should be of value to anyone interested in that approach to the justification of criminal punishment * David Dolinko, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
In this crisply written book, Christopher HeathWellman does a service to the philosophy of punishment literature. * Kimberley Brownlee, University of Warwick, Ethics *
His book cogently sets out and develops defenses of the theory that he has described in a number of recent publications, and explores its implications for such related topics as the existence of procedural rights, the moral credentials of mala prohibita offenses, and the theoretical basis of international criminal law. Wellman examines many objections to the forfeiture theory and counters them with arguments presented in a clear and lucid style and illustrated by ingenious hypotheticals ... The book offers a sophisticated presentation of that theory which covers a lot of ground and should be of value to anyone interested in that approach to the justification of criminal punishment * David Dolinko, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
Christopher Heath Wellman teaches philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. He works in ethics, specializing in political and legal philosophy. Wellman's previous books with Oxford University Press include Liberal Rights and Responsibilities, (with Phillip Cole) Debating the Ethics of Immigration: Is There a Right to Exclude? and (with Andrew Altman) A Liberal Theory of International Justice.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780190274764 |
| ISBN 10 | 019027476X |
| Title | Rights Forfeiture and Punishment |
| Author | Christopher Wellman |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2017-08-24 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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