TY - BOOK ID - 85898988 TI - Rejecting retributivism : free will, punishment, and criminal justice PY - 2021 SN - 1108689302 1108484700 1108754805 1108664253 PB - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Lex talionis. KW - Free will and determinism KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - Punishment KW - Philosophy. KW - Compatibilism KW - Determinism and free will KW - Determinism and indeterminism KW - Free agency KW - Freedom and determinism KW - Freedom of the will KW - Indeterminism KW - Liberty of the will KW - Determinism (Philosophy) KW - Retaliation (Law) KW - Retribution (Law) KW - Retributive justice KW - Talion (Law) KW - Revenge KW - Vendetta UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85898988 AB - Within the criminal justice system, one of the most prominent justifications for legal punishment is retributivism. The retributive justification of legal punishment maintains that wrongdoers are morally responsible for their actions and deserve to be punished in proportion to their wrongdoing. This book argues against retributivism and develops a viable alternative that is both ethically defensible and practical. Introducing six distinct reasons for rejecting retributivism, Gregg D. Caruso contends that it is unclear that agents possess the kind of free will and moral responsibility needed to justify this view of punishment. While a number of alternatives to retributivism exist - including consequentialist deterrence, educational, and communicative theories - they have ethical problems of their own. Moving beyond existing theories, Caruso presents a new non-retributive approach called the public health-quarantine model. In stark contrast to retributivism, the public health-quarantine model provides a more human, holistic, and effective approach to dealing with criminal behavior. ER -