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Title: | The Natural Meaning of Crime and Punishment: Denying and Affirming Freedom |
Authors: | Vogt, David Chelsom |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Abstract: | The article discusses the link between freedom, crime and punishment. According to some theorists, crime does not only cause a person to have less freedom; it constitutes, in and of itself, a breach of the freedom of others. Punishment does not only cause people to have more freedom, for instance by preventing crimes; it constitutes, in and of itself, respect for mutual freedom. If the latter claims are true, crime and punishment must have certain meanings that make them denials/affirmations of freedom irrespective of their consequences. My aim is to show that such an immanent connection between crime/punishment and freedom exists. I do so by explicating the “natural meaning” of crime and punishment. This way of addressing the topic is inspired by Jean Hampton’s use of H. P. Grice’s concept of natural meaning. |
Description: | CC-BY |
URI: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11572-021-09624-2 https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/9168 |
Appears in Collections | OER - Pháp luật - Thể chế xã hội |
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