Against the Hybrid Interpretation of Kant’s Theory of Punishment
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Against the Hybrid Interpretation of Kant’s Theory of Punishment
Jahrbuch Recht und Ethik, Vol. 28(2020), Iss. 1 : pp. 115–134
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Pickering, Mark, JD, PhD, Instructor, Department of Philosophy, The University of Alabama, Box 870218, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
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Followability, Necessity, and Excuse: Interpreting Kant’s Penal Theory
Campbell, Robert
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S1369415424000062 [Citations: 0]
Abstract
In Kant's work metaphysics of the customs, metaphysical initial reasons of legal apprenticeship, it seems to be the case that he relates to criminal law both retributivist and consequential positions. In recent decades, some researchers have pleaded for Kant's theory of criminal law to be a hybrid of consequentialism and retributivism. B. Sharon Byrd's interpretation is the most influential version of this view. In contrast, I argue that the textual evidence of the consequentialist side of a hybrid interpretation is only weak and that evidence is not available for a retributivist side of a hybrid interpretation. There are even passages that contradict this interpretation. I conclude that the hybrid interpretation should be abandoned.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Pickering: Against the Hybrid Interpretation of Kant’s Theory of Punishment | 115 | ||
| I. Kant’s apparently contradictory statements on punishment | 115 | ||
| II. Apparently Consequentialist Passages in the Doctrine of Right | 117 | ||
| 1. The purpose of the state and its laws | 117 | ||
| 2. The right of necessity | 118 | ||
| 3. Application of the law of retaliation | 121 | ||
| 4. Conclusion | 122 | ||
| III. Reflexionen and the Lecture Notes of Kant’s Students | 122 | ||
| 1. Kant’s Reflexionen | 122 | ||
| 2. Student lecture notes | 115 | ||
| 3. Summary | 115 | ||
| IV. Kant’s Hypothetical Scenarios in the Doctrine of Right | 115 | ||
| 1. The last murderer | 115 | ||
| 2. Too many murderers | 115 | ||
| 3. Killings motivated by honor | 115 | ||
| 4. Summary of the textual evidence that contradicts the hybrid interpretation | 115 | ||
| V. The Retributivist Side of the Hybrid Interpretation | 115 | ||
| VI. Conclusion | 115 | ||
| Zusammenfassung | 115 |