دانلود کتاب Corporal Punishment: A Philosophical Assessment

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Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
1.1 Corporal Punishment and the Philosophers
1.2 Distinguishing Corporal Punishment
1.3 An Outline of the Argument
2 The Benefits and Costs of Corporal Punishment
2.1 Can Retributivism Vindicate Corporal Punishment?
2.2 The Supposed Benefits of Corporal Punishment
2.2.1 Moral Education
2.2.2 Obedience-eliciting
2.2.3 Deterrence
2.2.4 Further Putative Benefits
2.3 The Costs of Corporal Punishment
2.3.1 Fewer Opportunities for Repentance-inducing Reflection
2.3.2 Anxiety and Fear
2.3.3 The Risk of Serious Psychological Harm
2.3.4 The Potential for Excessive Severity and Physical Abuse
2.3.5 Teaching the Wrong Lesson About Violence
2.3.6 Does Parental Love Moderate Harmful Effects?
2.4 A Final Response to Obdurate Defenders
3 Children’s Rights and Security of the Person
3.1 The Rights Engaged by Corporal Punishment
3.2 Do Children Have the Rights in Question?
3.3 The Right to Security of the Person
3.3.1 Normatively Neutral Definitions of Violence
3.3.2 Legitimist Definitions of Violence
3.3.3 Corporal Punishment Is Violent
4 Is Corporal Punishment Degrading, Cruel or Torturous?
4.1 The Right to Protection Against Degrading Punishment
4.1.1 Preliminary Reflections on Degrading Punishments
4.1.2 How Corporal Punishment Degrades
4.1.3 A Reply to Objections
4.2 The Right to Protection Against Cruel Punishment
4.2.2 What Are Cruel Punishments?
4.2.3 Is Corporal Punishment Cruel?
4.3 The Right to Protection Against Torturous Punishment
4.3.1 The Difficulty of Distinguishing Corporal Punishment from Torture
4.3.2 Not All Corporal Punishment Is Torturous
4.3.3 What’s Especially Wrong with Torturing Children?
4.4 Forfeiture, Waiver and Moral Optimality
5 Ought Corporal Punishment to Be Criminalized?
5.1 The Case for Criminalization
5.1.1 Wrongfulness, Harm and Risk
5.1.2 The Vagueness of Legal Authorisations
5.1.3 Failure to Criminalize Is Unfairly Discriminatory
5.1.4 The Likely Efficacy of Criminalization
5.1.5 A Legal Obligation to Criminalize
5.1.6 Popular Support, Democratic Legitimacy and Justice
5.2 The Case Against Criminalization
5.2.1 Criminalization’s Restriction of Liberty and Privacy
5.2.2 Disagreement and Liberal Neutrality
5.2.3 Family Integrity and Children’s Interests
5.2.4 Autonomy, Privacy and Paternalism
5.2.5 The Potential for Undesirable Consequences
5.2.6 The Cost of Enforcement, Prosecution and Punishment
5.2.7 Claims for Religious and Cultural Accommodations
6 Animals and Criminals
6.1 Corporal Punishment of Animals
6.2 Judicial Corporal Punishment
6.2.1 The Rationales for Punishment
6.2.2 Is Judicial Corporal Punishment Degrading, Cruel or Torturous?
6.2.3 The Benefits and Costs
References
Index