Download or read book Justifying Legal Punishment written by Igor Primoratz and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 1997-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the philosophy of punishment is dominated by utilitarian and "mixed" theories, this study, written in the analytic tradition but also drawing on the views of Hegel, argues for a purely retributive view: all the main questions facing a theory of punishment are answered in terms of justice and desert, without any concessions to social expediency.