The Ethics of Social Punishment

Name: The Ethics of Social Punishment
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Author: Linda Radzik
ISBN: 9781108836067

by Linda Radzik, Christopher Bennett

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
15.3 x 22.9 x 1.2 cm

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How do we punish others socially, and should we do so? In her 2018 Descartes Lectures for Tilburg University, Linda Radzik explores the informal methods ordinary people use to enforce moral norms, such as telling people off, boycotting businesses, and publicly shaming wrongdoers on social media. Over three lectures, Radzik develops an account of what social punishment is, why it is sometimes permissible, and when it must be withheld. She argues that the proper aim of social punishment is to put moral pressure on wrongdoers to make amends. Yet the permissibility of applying such pressure turns on the tension between individual desert and social good, as well as the possession of an authority to punish. Responses from Christopher Bennett, George Sher and Glen Pettigrove challenge Radzik's account of social punishment while also offering alternative perspectives on the possible meanings of our responses to wrongdoing. Radzik replies in the closing essay.

Authors
Linda Radzik +3
Book Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
November 2020
Weight
414g
Dimensions
15.3 x 22.9 x 1.2 cm
ISBN
9781108836067
ISBN-10
1108836062
Eden Code
5234380

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