The Moral Basis of Punishment

Example alone is the end of all public punishments and rewards. Laws never inflict disgrace in resentment, nor confer honour from gratitude. ‘For it is very hard, my lord’, said a convicted felon at the bar to the late excellent Judge Bumet, ‘to hang a poor man for stealing a horse’. ‘You are not to...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gaskell, Austin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: [publisher not identified] 1961
In: Blackfriars
Year: 1961, Volume: 42, Issue: 495, Pages: 352-363
Online Access: Volltext (JSTOR)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Description
Summary:Example alone is the end of all public punishments and rewards. Laws never inflict disgrace in resentment, nor confer honour from gratitude. ‘For it is very hard, my lord’, said a convicted felon at the bar to the late excellent Judge Bumet, ‘to hang a poor man for stealing a horse’. ‘You are not to be hanged, sir’, answered my ever-honoured and beloved friend, ‘for stealing a horse, but you are to be hanged that horses may not be stolen’.
ISSN:2977-0580
Contains:Enthalten in: Blackfriars
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2005.1961.tb06908.x