The urgings of conscience : a theory of punishment / Jacob Adler.

While most philosophers who write about punishment ask, "Why may we punish the guilty?" Jacob Adler asks, "To what extent does a guilty person have a duty to submit to punishment?" He maintains that if we are to justify any system of punishment by the state, we must explain why p...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Adler, Jacob, 1953-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1992.
Subjects:	Punishment > Philosophy. Punishment > Philosophy