1. Human Behavior
... victim and community express their outrage at the victim's being devalued. In other words, punishment is, among other things, a form of personal communication with the wrongdoer. It is significant that Hart never even considers the question of denunciation of the individual criminal. His account cannot, in fact, accommodate the notion that censure of the criminal is an aim of punishment. ... victim's resentment and the community' s moral indignation. This approach brings to the fore not only the cognitive and evaluative capacities of moral agents but also their capacity to experience, ex...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate