Punishment and shame a philosophical study

Hamblet, Wendy C

Punishment and shame a philosophical study - Lanham Lexington Books 2011 - 202p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Justice and the cosmic order in Greek mythology -- Justice and punishment in Greek tragedy -- Honor and shame in the heroic worldview -- Justice and punishment in classical Athens -- From avenging to healing -- Shame as witness to education -- Plato's revolutionary penology -- The science of penal measure -- Toward a Christian philosophy of punishment -- From karitas to penal spectacle -- The business of punishment -- Modernity's shameful penology -- Shame, social injustice, and the poor's right to crime.

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Punishment--Philosophy.
Punishment--Moral and ethical aspects.
Shame--Philosophy.

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