Brooks, Thom (2011) 'Is Bradley a retributivist ?', History of political thought., 32 (1). pp. 83-95.
Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Punishment, Retribution, Unified theory. |
| Full text: | (VoR) Version of Record Download PDF (89Kb) |
| Status: | Peer-reviewed |
| Publisher Web site: | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/hpt/2011/00000032/00000001/art00005 |
| Publisher statement: | Copyright © Imprint Academic 2011 |
| Date accepted: | No date available |
| Date deposited: | 01 May 2013 |
| Date of first online publication: | 2011 |
| Date first made open access: | No date available |
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