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December 24, 2024

Rejecting Refugees Political Asylum in the 21st Century

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Free Download Carol Bohmer, Amy Shuman, "Rejecting Refugees: Political Asylum in the 21st Century"
English | 2007 | pages: 301 | ISBN: 041577375X | PDF | 1,2 mb
Many nations recognize the moral and legal obligation to accept people fleeing from persecution, but political asylum applicants in the twenty-first century face restrictive policies and cumbersome procedures. So, what counts as persecution? How do applicants translate their stories of suffering and trauma into a narrative acceptable to the immigration officials? How can asylum officials weed out the fake from the genuine without resorting to inappropriate cultural definitions of behaviour?

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September 15, 2024

Rejecting Retributivism Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice

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Free Download Gregg D. Caruso, "Rejecting Retributivism: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice "
English | ISBN: 1108484700 | 2021 | 280 pages | AZW3 | 27 MB
Within the criminal justice system, one of the most prominent justifications for legal punishment is retributivism. The retributive justification of legal punishment maintains that wrongdoers are morally responsible for their actions and deserve to be punished in proportion to their wrongdoing. This book argues against retributivism and develops a viable alternative that is both ethically defensible and practical. Introducing six distinct reasons for rejecting retributivism, Gregg D. Caruso contends that it is unclear that agents possess the kind of free will and moral responsibility needed to justify this view of punishment. While a number of alternatives to retributivism exist – including consequentialist deterrence, educational, and communicative theories – they have ethical problems of their own. Moving beyond existing theories, Caruso presents a new non-retributive approach called the public health-quarantine model. In stark contrast to retributivism, the public health-quarantine model provides a more human, holistic, and effective approach to dealing with criminal behavior.

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