Punishment:
A Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader
Edited by A. John Simmons, Marshall Cohen, Joshua Cohen, & Charles R. Beitz

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	Introduction
	Marxism and Retribution	3
	The Paradox of Punishment	39
	The Right to Threaten and the Right to Punish	47
	A Consensual Theory of Punishment	94
	The Moral Education Theory of Punishment	112
	Equity and Mercy	145
	Harm and Retribution	188
	Locke and the Right to Punish	219
	Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Some Considerations in Dialogue Form	261
	Justice, Civilization, and the Death Penalty: Answering van den Haag	274
	Does It Matter if the Death Penalty Is Arbitrarily Administered?	308
	Refuting Reiman and Nathanson	324
	The Contributors	336

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