Abstract
I sketch an alternative route to an account of criminal punishment very like Bennett's, though drawing more on a political conception of a polity and its citizens than on a moral conception of our social relations as individuals, and placing more importance than he does on the criminal trial; but I suggest that we need to revise certain important aspects of his account to explain how punishment can be justly imposed on an unwilling offender - in line with the kind of account for which I have argued, and which he criticises.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 109-117 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Teorema |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Apology
- Punishment
- Responsibility
- Ritual
- Trial