Moral Desert
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-5069-4 (ISBN)
In Moral Desert, Howard Simmons notes that the idea that we deserve to be praised or rewarded for good behavior and blamed or punished when we act badly seems central to everyone's moral deliberation and practices. Simmons subjects this assumption to critical scrutiny. He argues that in a wide range of cases it is almost impossible to know the extent of people's moral responsibility, and indeed that it may be a complete delusion. He attacks the still-popular theory of retributive punishment, with special reference to the views of Peter French and J. Angelo Corlett. Simmons does not conclude that punishment is always unjustified, but insists that any justification should relate to its real world consequences. State punishment should be inflicted according to strict consequentialist precepts, and the author provides systematic principles for determining an appropriate sentence and for deciding when offenders should be excused. He also considers the implications of his views for distributive justice and personal morality.
Howard Simmons studied philosophy and modern languages at The Queen's College, Oxford, and obtained a Ph.D. in philosophy at McMaster University. He is currently an adviser to secondary school teachers of philosophy for the British Philosophical Association and an editor with the PhilPapers database.
Part 1 Preface
Part 2 1. Quandaries of Desert
Chapter 3 1.1 Gary Hart and the Selby Rail Disaster
Chapter 4 1.2 Internalism versus externalism
Chapter 5 1.3 Further development of internalism
Chapter 6 1.4 Further problems with desert
Chapter 7 1.5 Positive desert
Part 8 2. The Implications of Determinism
Chapter 9 2.1 Determinism, 'hard' and 'soft'
Chapter 10 2.2 Frankfurst cases
Chapter 11 2.3 Libertarianism
Chapter 12 2.4 Determinism and morality
Chapter 14 Notes
Part 14 3. Retributivism
Chapter 15 3.1 Introduction
Chapter 16 3.2 Retributivism: a first look
Chapter 17 3.3 Peter French and vengence theory
Chapter 18 3.4 Corlett's account: exposition
Chapter 19 3.5 Corlett's account: critique
Chapter 20 3.6 Negative Retributivism and some thought experiments
Chapter 22 Notes
Part 22 4. A Utilitarian Approach to Punishment
Chapter 23 4.1 Utilitarianism in general
Chapter 24 4.2 The basic utilitarian arguments
Chapter 25 4.3 Objections to utilitarian punishment and responses
Chapter 26 4.4 A return to desert?
Chapter 28 Notes
Part 28 5. Utilitarian Punishment in Detail
Chapter 29 5.1 Guiding principles
Chapter 30 5.2 The S-score algorithm
Chapter 31 5.3 From S-scores to actual sentences
Chapter 32 5.4 Case studies for the application of the algorithm
Chapter 33 5.5 Exculpation
Chapter 34 5.6 State Punishment within the family
Chapter 35 5.7 Punishment within the family
Part 37 6. Effort and Distributive Justice
Chapter 37 Notes
Chapter 38 6.1 Introduction
Chapter 39 6.2 Sher versus Rawls
Chapter 40 6.3 Distributive justice
Chapter 42 Notes
Part 42 7. Morality and Blame
Chapter 43 7.1 Hostility to wrongdoers
Chapter 44 7.2 Sher on blame
Part 46 8. Conclusion: Desert Skeptics in a vengeful world
Chapter 46 Notes
Chapter 47 Notes
Part 48 Appendix
Part 49 References
Part 50 Index
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 252 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7618-5069-4 / 0761850694 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7618-5069-4 / 9780761850694 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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