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Is Bradley a Retributivist?

Brooks, Thom

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Perhaps the least controversial area of F.H. Bradley's writings relates to his views on punishment. Commentators universally recognize Bradley's theory of punishment as a retributivist theory of punishment. This article challenges the received wisdom. I argue that Bradley does not endorse retributivism as commonly understood. Instead, he defends the view that punishment is non-retributivist and serves the end of societal maintenance. Moreover, Bradley defends this view consistently from Ethical Studies to later work on punishment. Instead of holding a theory of punishment largely unique amongst British Idealists of his time, Bradley's views on punishment are far more consistent than previously thought.

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Brooks, T. (2011). Is Bradley a Retributivist?. History of Political Thought, 32(1), 83-95

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2011
Deposit Date Nov 21, 2012
Publicly Available Date May 1, 2013
Journal History of Political Thought
Print ISSN 0143-781X
Publisher Imprint Academic
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Issue 1
Pages 83-95
Keywords Punishment, Retribution, Unified theory.
Publisher URL http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/hpt/2011/00000032/00000001/art00005

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