Book contents
- Rethinking Punishment
- Rethinking Punishment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Punishment as a Problem
- 2 Prolegomena to Any Future Axiology
- 3 The Persistence of Consequentialism
- 4 The Gerrymandering Gambit: Retributivism in the Budget Room
- 5 Communication, Forgiveness, and Topography
- 6 The Allure of the Ledger: Better Than a Dog Anyhow
- 7 The Right Kind of Complexity
- 8 The Jugglery of Circumstances: Dirty Hands and Impossible Stories
- Appendix Can We Deserve to Suffer?
- Index
6 - The Allure of the Ledger: Better Than a Dog Anyhow
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 April 2018
- Rethinking Punishment
- Rethinking Punishment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Punishment as a Problem
- 2 Prolegomena to Any Future Axiology
- 3 The Persistence of Consequentialism
- 4 The Gerrymandering Gambit: Retributivism in the Budget Room
- 5 Communication, Forgiveness, and Topography
- 6 The Allure of the Ledger: Better Than a Dog Anyhow
- 7 The Right Kind of Complexity
- 8 The Jugglery of Circumstances: Dirty Hands and Impossible Stories
- Appendix Can We Deserve to Suffer?
- Index
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- Rethinking Punishment , pp. 147 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018