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Appendix - Can We Deserve to Suffer?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2018

Leo Zaibert
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Union College, New York
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In the appendix I discuss the metaphysical thesis put forth by Derek Parfit whereby although we can deserve all sorts of things we simply cannot deserve to suffer. I show that his view ought to be rejected, and that the uncharacteritically weak arguments he put forths are the result of his exagerated reaction to the dysfunctional aspects of modern criminal justice systems.
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Rethinking Punishment , pp. 243 - 258
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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  • Can We Deserve to Suffer?
  • Leo Zaibert, Union College, New York
  • Book: Rethinking Punishment
  • Online publication: 04 April 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108151740.010
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  • Can We Deserve to Suffer?
  • Leo Zaibert, Union College, New York
  • Book: Rethinking Punishment
  • Online publication: 04 April 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108151740.010
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  • Can We Deserve to Suffer?
  • Leo Zaibert, Union College, New York
  • Book: Rethinking Punishment
  • Online publication: 04 April 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108151740.010
Available formats
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