@PhilosophyExp Depends on what you mean by liberal. On one view, retributivism respects dignity of wrongdoers by enforcing responsibility.
I continue to be startled by the fact that people who are ostensibly liberal seem to buy into retributive justifications of punishment.
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@profmdwhite I just don't think retributive justificaitons work. I once wrote a long piece on punishment: http://bit.ly/euACcU -
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@PhilosophyExp Thanks, I'll check it out later--you might be interested in some of the chapters in a book I edited: http://www.amazon.com/Retributivism-Essays-Mark-D-White/dp/0199752230/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371476816&sr=1-11 … -
@profmdwhite Oh cool. My analysis isn't going to be anywhere nr as sophisticated as the essays in your edited collection. I'll check it out.
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@PhilosophyExp doesn't liberalism think of persons as individuals w/o histories and community ties leading to strong indiv. responsibility. -
@tomgk90 "Liberal" is a word with many different shades of meaning! :) -
@PhilosophyExp also, just noticed (and not yet read) an article in Punishment and Society which might help http://pun.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/15/3/247?etoc … -
@tomgk90 Thanks. I'll check it out!
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