The Immorality of Punishment

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The Immorality of Punishment

Author	: Michael J. Zimmerman
File Size	: 47,7 Mb
Publisher	: Broadview Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 20 April 2011
ISBN	: 9781460401095
Pages	: 214 pages

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The Immorality of Punishment by Michael J. Zimmerman Book PDF Summary

In The Immorality of Punishment Michael Zimmerman argues forcefully that not only our current practice but indeed any practice of legal punishment is deeply morally repugnant, no matter how vile the behaviour that is its target. Despite the fact that it may be difficult to imagine a state functioning at all, let alone well, without having recourse to punishing those who break its laws, Zimmerman makes a timely and compelling case for the view that we must seek and put into practice alternative means of preventing crime and promoting social stability.

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