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This book is a historical and philosophical meditation on paying back and buying back, that is, it is about retaliation and redemption. It takes the law of the talion - eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth - seriously. In its biblical formulation that law states the value of my eye in terms of your eye, the value of your teeth in terms of my teeth. Eyes and teeth become units of valuation. But the talion doesn't stop there. It seems to demand that eyes, teeth, and lives are also to provide the means of payment. Bodies and body parts, it seems, have a just claim to being not just money, but the first and precisest of money substances. In its highly original way, the book offers a theory of justice, not an airy theory though. It is about getting even in a toughminded, unsentimental, but respectful way. And finds that much of what we take to be justice, honor, and respect for persons requires, at its core, measuring and measuring up.

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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.

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Reward (Theology) --- Lex talionis --- Biblical teaching --- 221.08*2 --- -Reward (Theology) --- -Good works (Theology) --- Merit (Christianity) --- Retaliation (Law) --- Retribution (Law) --- Retributive justice --- Talion (Law) --- Revenge --- Vendetta --- Theologie van het Oude Testament: moraal; ethica; juridica Israelis; vroomheid --- -Addresses, essays, lectures --- -Theologie van het Oude Testament: moraal; ethica; juridica Israelis; vroomheid --- 221.08*2 Theologie van het Oude Testament: moraal; ethica; juridica Israelis; vroomheid --- -221.08*2 Theologie van het Oude Testament: moraal; ethica; juridica Israelis; vroomheid --- Good works (Theology) --- Reward (Theology) - Biblical teaching --- Lex talionis - Biblical teaching