TWO APPARENT PARADOXES ABOUT JUSTICE AND THE SEVERITY OF PUNISHMENT

Saul Smilansky

doi:10.1111/j.2041-6962.1992.tb00641.x

TWO APPARENT PARADOXES ABOUT JUSTICE AND THE SEVERITY OF PUNISHMENT

Saul Smilansky

Department of Philosophy

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The idea of Mitigation incorporates the conviction that though the amount or severity of punishment is primarily to be determined by reference to the General Aim, yet Justice requires that those who have special difficulties to face in keeping the law which they have broken should be punished less. 1992 The University of Memphis

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	123-128
Number of pages	6
Journal	Southern Journal of Philosophy
Volume	30
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-6962.1992.tb00641.x
State	Published - 1992

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