PHIL 181 - Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature
Lecture 18 - Punishment II. The lecture begins with a consideration of the traditional consequentialist account of punishment - that punishment is justified by its deterrent effect on future crimes. Traditional criticisms of the view are presented, and John Rawls' two-level justification for punishment is offered as one possible way to avoid such criticisms by bringing together consequentialist and deontological justifications of punishment in a single theory. Next, Professor Gendler reviews some empirical research on punishment intuitions, including data on moral outrage and the "Knobe effect". The lecture concludes with a brief discussion of how moral luck interacts with intuitions about punishment. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 18 - Punishment II |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Consequentialist Justifications of Punishment |
| [00:15:05] | 2. Two-level theories of punishment |
| [00:22:16] | 3. Empirical Research on Punishment |
| [00:41:54] | 4. Luck and Punishment |
| References |
| Lecture 18 - Punishment II Instructor: Professor Tamar Gendler. Resources: Reading Guide 18 [PDF]; Directed Exercise 6 [PDF]; Credit List [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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