Punishment: The Supposed Justifications Revisited

by Ted Honderich

-- A classic book transformed by a philosopher at his strongest -- Reviews of the first 'Painstaking, comprehensive and unimpassioned.' Anthony Kenny, New Statesman 'Bold, tough, direct style . . . a pleasure to read.' Mary Warnock, Times Literary

Genres: Philosophy, Politics

264 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 1991

About the author

Edgar Dawn Ross "Ted" Honderich was a Canadian-born British philosopher, who was Grote Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic, University College London.

Reviews

[Patricia Wood · Rating 2 out of 5]

Before reading this book, one should know it is based on the premise that causal determinism is false. The argument henceforth is not very strong. However, this book is obviously dated and other sources arguing for punishment should be sought.

[Daniel Barrows · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reviews at
* Jonathan Glover. (June 1970). Inquiry. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/PunRev...
* John Williams. (21 November 2006). Metapsychology. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/PunRev...
* Páll S. Árdal. (9 June 2010). Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review. https://doi.org/10.1017/S001221730002...

Full book online at https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt183q5s8

[DaN McKee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very long walk to get to a worthwhile destination. I can’t help but think if all the pedantic analytic hand-wringing were edited out we’d have got to the conclusion in half the time and many readers would have stuck with it who maybe gave up after the first hundred pages.