Responsibility and punishment / J. Angelo Corlett.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The Problem of Responsibility -- The Problem of Punishment -- The Socratic Roots of Retributivism -- Foundations of a Kantian Retributivism -- Assessing Retributivism -- Retributivism and Recidivism -- Forgiveness, Apology, and Retributive Punishment -- Capital Punishment -- The Problem of Collective Responsibility -- Corporate Responsibility and Punishment -- U.S. Responsibility for War Crimes in Iraq -- Conclusion.

This volume provides discussions of both the concept of responsibility and of punishment, and of both individual and collective responsibility. It provides in-depth Socratic and Kantian bases for a new version of retributivism, and defends that version against the main criticisms that have been raised against retributivism in general. It includes chapters on criminal recidivism and capital punishment, as well as one on forgiveness, apology and punishment that is congruent with the basic precepts of the new retributivism defended therein. Finally, chapters on corporate responsibility and punishment are included, with a closing chapter on holding the U.S. accountable for its most recent invasion and occupation of Iraq.