How Much Punishment Is Deserved? Two Alternatives to Proportionality

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dc.contributor.authorMetz, Thaddeus
dc.contributor.authorMetz, Mika’il
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-23T10:35:56Z
dc.date.available2022-04-23T10:35:56Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-03
dc.date.updated2022-04-21T21:03:43Z
dc.description.abstractWhen it comes to the question of how much the state ought to punish a given offender, the standard understanding of the desert theory for centuries has been that it should give him a penalty proportionate to his offense, that is, an amount of punishment that fits the severity of his crime. In this article, we maintain that a desert theorist is not conceptually or otherwise required to hold a proportionality requirement. We show that there is logical space for at least two other, non-proportionate ways of meting out deserved penalties, and we also argue that they have important advantages relative to the dominant, proportionality approach.en_US
dc.identifierdoi: 10.3390/philosophies7020025
dc.identifier.apacitationMetz, T., & (2022). How Much Punishment Is Deserved? Two Alternatives to Proportionality. <i>Philosophies</i>, 7(2), 25. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36381en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMetz, Thaddeus, and "How Much Punishment Is Deserved? Two Alternatives to Proportionality." <i>Philosophies</i> 7, 2. (2022): 25. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36381en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMetz, T. & 2022. How Much Punishment Is Deserved? Two Alternatives to Proportionality. <i>Philosophies.</i> 7(2):25. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36381en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Metz, Thaddeus AU - Metz, Mika’il AB - When it comes to the question of how much the state ought to punish a given offender, the standard understanding of the desert theory for centuries has been that it should give him a penalty proportionate to his offense, that is, an amount of punishment that fits the severity of his crime. In this article, we maintain that a desert theorist is not conceptually or otherwise required to hold a proportionality requirement. We show that there is logical space for at least two other, non-proportionate ways of meting out deserved penalties, and we also argue that they have important advantages relative to the dominant, proportionality approach. DA - 2022-03-03 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 2 J1 - Philosophies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2022 T1 - How Much Punishment Is Deserved? Two Alternatives to Proportionality TI - How Much Punishment Is Deserved? Two Alternatives to Proportionality UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36381 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/36381
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMetz T, . How Much Punishment Is Deserved? Two Alternatives to Proportionality. Philosophies. 2022;7(2):25. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36381.en_ZA
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dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.sourcePhilosophiesen_US
dc.source.journalissue2en_US
dc.source.journalvolume7en_US
dc.source.pagination25en_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/journal/bioengineering
dc.titleHow Much Punishment Is Deserved? Two Alternatives to Proportionalityen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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