Search for dissertations about: "Göran Duus-Otterström"
Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Göran Duus-Otterström.
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1. Punishment and Personal Responsibility
Abstract : What justifies punishment? What are the features of a justified penal regime? Answers to these questions often centre on punishment’s capacity to change unwanted behaviour, either by deterring would-be rule breakers or addressing their criminal motivations through various forms of rehabilitation. This book instead defends (a version of) the retributive theory of punishment, according to which punishment should aim to give rule breakers what they deserve. READ MORE
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2. Ethics of Imprisonment : Essays in Criminal Justice Ethics
Abstract : This licentiate thesis consists of three essays which all concern the ethics of imprisonment and what constitutes an ethically defensible treatment of criminal offenders.Paper 1 defends the claim that prisoners have a right to privacy. I argue that the right to privacy is important because of its connection to moral agency. READ MORE