The Ethics of Proportionate Punishment: A Critical Investigation Book

Introduction. 1. Why consider proportionalism? 2. A brief overview. Notes. 1: Proportionalism and its Justifications. 1. What is proportionalism? 2. The simple desert theory. 3. The expressionist theory. 4. The fairness Theory. 5. A non-foundationalist approach. 6. Conclusion. Notes. 2: The Seriousness of Crimes. 1. The harm dimension. 2. Culpability. 3. Recidivism. 4. Proportionalist answers. 5. A fairness-theoretic approach. 6. Conclusion. Notes. 3: The Severity of Punishments. 1. The sensibility challenge. 2. Delimitating punitive suffering. 3. Resorting to mercy. 4. Conclusion. Notes. 4: The Anchor Problem. 1. Ratio, interval, and ordinal matchings. 2. Anchor points and human dignity. 3. Desert, prevention, and parsimony. 4. Conclusion. Notes. 5: Proportionalism and Penal Practice. 1. The challenge of self-defeatingness. 2. Justice in an unjust society. 3. Conclusion. Notes. 6: Relaxed Proportionality. 1. Problems and promises. 2. Modified proportionalism. 3. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.