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6Review of John Braithwaite and Philip Pettit: Not Just Deserts: A Republican Theory of Criminal Justice (review)Ethics 102 (1): 173-175. 1991.
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5Punishment and ForgivenessIn Matthew C. Altman (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook on the Philosophy of Punishment, Palgrave-macmillan. pp. 595-612. 2022.Assuming a social world in which punishment for wrongdoing is considered legitimate, does or may forgiveness of the wrongdoing also cancel any punishment that may be due? Philosophers are divided on the issue. This chapter provides some explanations for the division, critiques views that consider punishment to be incompatible with forgiveness, and suggests circumstances in which punishment is compatible with forgiveness—particularly, those in which people with standing to punish differ from peop…Read more
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5Ethics and Criminal Justice: An Introduction (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2008.This textbook looks at the main ethical questions that confront the criminal justice system - legislature, law enforcement, courts, and corrections - and those who work within that system, especially police officers, prosecutors, defence lawyers, judges, juries, and prison officers. John Kleinig sets the issues in the context of a liberal democratic society and its ethical and legislative underpinnings, and illustrates them with a wide and international range of real-life case studies. Topics co…Read more
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4Linguistics in Philosophy (review)Philosophical Studies (Dublin) 18 (n/a): 262-264. 1969.J L Austin has left a firm imprint on much contemporary philosophy. Not surprisingly, however, his published papers and lectures have provoked strongly contrasting responses, some seeing in them the refinement of certain philosophical techniques and the introduction of new standards of care, others the final degeneration of linguistic philosophy into verbal hair-splitting. Whatever the response, his writings were bound to attract the attention of formal linguists, and the last decade has seen a …Read more
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2Torture and political moralityIn Igor Primoratz (ed.), Politics and Morality, Palgrave-macmillan. 2007.
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2George P. Fletcher: The Grammar of Criminal Law, Vol. 1: IntroductionCriminal Justice Ethics 27 (1): 3. 2008.
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1Postscript 1Journal of Philosophy of Education 7 (2): 177-178. 1973.John Kleinig; Postscript 1, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 7, Issue 2, 30 May 2006, Pages 177–178, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.1973.tb00479.
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1MURDOCH, Iris: The Sovereignty of Good (review)Australasian Journal of Philosophy 49 (n/a): 112. 1971.
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1MURPHY, J. G., "Retribution, Justice and Therapy. Essays in the Philosophy of Law" (review)Australasian Journal of Philosophy 59 (n/a): 352. 1981.
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1WALKER, N.: "Punishment, Danger and Stigma: The Morality of Criminal Justice" (review)Australasian Journal of Philosophy 60 (n/a): 193. 1982.
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John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)Retired faculty
New York City, New York, United States of America
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Value Theory |
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Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Philosophy of Law |
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