PROLEGOMENON TO THE PRINCIPLES OF PUNISHMENT
This chapter provides a framework for the discussion of the mounting perplexities which now surround the institution of criminal punishment. It shows that any morally tolerable account of this institution must exhibit it as a compromise between distinct and partly conflicting principles.
Keywords: criminal punishment, distribution, justification, excuse, mitigation
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