Justice and Punishment The Rationale of Coercion [Hardcover]

This book aims to answer the question of why, and by what right, some people punish others. With a groundbreaking new theory, Matravers argues that the justification of punishment must be embedded in a larger political and moral theory. He also uses the problem of punishment to undermine contemporary accounts of justice.

1. Consequentialism
2. Retributivism I: Fair Play Theory
3. Retributivism II: Resentment, Guilt, and Censure
4. The Scope of Impartial Justice
5. Impartial Justice, Motivation, and Punishment
6. Justice as Mutual Advantage
7. Self-Interest and the Commitment to Morality
8. A Constructivist Theory of Moral Norms
9. The Moral Community, Justified Coercion, and Punishment

Matt Matravers has written a fine book...wide-ranging. --Ethics