Vol. 35 No. 2 (2015): Homenaje a Carlos S. Nino II
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Retribution, Inculpation and Moral Perfectionism

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  • Gustavo A. Beade
Gustavo A. Beade
Universidad de Buenos Aires - Instituto Ambrosio Gioja
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36446/af.2015.39

Published 2015-11-01

Keywords

  • Castigo,
  • Liberalismo,
  • Subjetivismo,
  • Perfeccionismo,
  • Inculpación
  • Punishment,
  • Liberalism,
  • Subjectivism,
  • Perfectionism,
  • Blame
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Abstract

The late Carlos S. Nino presented in his latest work a defense of his theory of punishment which involves a profound critic to retributivism. According with his position if we adopt a retributivist theory of punishment, in addition we are adopting a version of penal subjectivism that embrace moral perfectionism. Nino presents his idea suggesting that there is a chain that linked retribution subjectivism and perfectionism. In this paper, I will discuss the relationship between these three concepts and argue against the links that nino presents between them.

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