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23The Moral Permissibility of PunishmentInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2014.The Moral Permissibility of Punishment The legal institution of punishment presents a distinctive moral challenge because it involves a state’s infliction of intentionally harsh, or burdensome, treatment on some of its members—treatment that typically would be considered morally impermissible. Most of us would agree, for instance, that it is typically impermissible to imprison people, to […].
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116Punishment, Contempt, and the Prospect of Moral ReformCriminal Justice Ethics 32 (1): 1-18. 2013.This paper objects to certain forms of punishments, such as supermax confinement, on grounds that they are inappropriately contemptuous. Building on discussions in Kant and elsewhere, I flesh out what I take to be salient features of contempt, features that make contempt especially troubling as a form of moral regard and treatment. As problematic as contempt may be in the interpersonal context, I contend that it is especially troubling when a person is treated contemptuously by her political com…Read more
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142Fair Play, Political Obligation, and PunishmentCriminal Law and Philosophy 5 (1): 53-71. 2011.This paper attempts to establish that, and explain why, the practice of punishing offenders is in principle morally permissible. My account is a nonstandard version of the fair play view, according to which punishment 's permissibility derives from reciprocal obligations shared by members of a political community, understood as a mutually beneficial, cooperative venture. Most fair play views portray punishment as an appropriate means of removing the unfair advantage an offender gains relative to…Read more
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3''Hard Times After Hard Time''In Joanna Crosby David Bzdak & Seth Vannatta (eds.), The Wire and Philosophy, Open Court Books. 2013.
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28''Punishing States and the Spectre of Guilt by Association''International Criminal Law Review 14 (4-5): 901-919. 2014.Proponents of punishing states often claim that such punishment would not distribute to members of the state, and so it would not subject innocent citizens – those who did not participate in the crimes, or dissented, or even were among the victims – to guilt by association. This essay examines three features of state punishment that might be said not to distribute to citizens: it is burdensome, it is intentionally so, and it expresses social condemnation. Ultimately, I contend that when a state …Read more
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''Correlative Obligations''In Dean K. Chatterjee (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Springer. 2011.
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30Lara Denis , Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals: A Critical Guide (review)Journal of Moral Philosophy 10 (3): 361-364. 2013.
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1''Non-combatant Immunity''In Dean K. Chatterjee (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Springer. 2011.
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19Book Review: Recidivist Punishments: The Philosopher’s View, edited by Claudio Tamburrini and Jesper Ryberg (review)Journal of Moral Philosophy 11 (4): 531-534. 2014.
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