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Punishment as Societal-Defense

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People punished by law are treated in ways that we consider immoral in other contexts. In Punishment as Societal-Defense , Phillip Montague develops a new theory of punishment that, instead of justifying it on the basis of deterrence or retribution, constructs it as analogous to individual self-defense. If people are justified in defending themselves against wrongful aggression, Montague argues, the same principles of distributive justice underlie punishment as societal defense.

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Punishment as Societal-Defense 1996, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD

ISBN-13: 9780847680726

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Punishment as Societal-Defense 1996, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD

ISBN-13: 9780847680719

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