Dr ZACHARY HOSKINS Zachary.Hoskins@nottingham.ac.uk
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Punishment's Burdens on the Innocent
Hoskins, Zachary
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Abstract
Critics of state punishment have frequently pointed out that its imposition sometimes involves the infliction of burdens on innocent people: namely, those falsely convicted of crimes and punished. Punishment also creates significant burdens for innocent children and other dependents of those punished (social stigma, financial stress, direct abuse, and so on). But these burdens on innocents have received much less philosophical attention than the burdens created for the falsely convicted. This paper examines five lines of argument that might lead one to the conclusion that the burdens punishment creates for the falsely convicted are more morally troubling than the burdens it creates for innocent dependents of those punished. I offer reasons to be sceptical about each of these arguments. I contend that we should regard the burdens state punishment creates for innocent dependents of those punished as no less morally troubling than the burdens it creates for innocent, falsely convicted people. In the paper’s final section, I discuss some implications of my account.
Citation
Hoskins, Z. (2022). Punishment's Burdens on the Innocent. Journal of Applied Philosophy, https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12642
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 29, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 26, 2022 |
Publication Date | Dec 26, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Dec 5, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 4, 2023 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Philosophy |
Print ISSN | 0264-3758 |
Electronic ISSN | 1468-5930 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12642 |
Keywords | Philosophy |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/14590125 |
Publisher URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/japp.12642 |
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