Offense to Others
Title | Offense to Others PDF eBook |
Author | Joel Feinberg |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 351 |
Release | 1988-01-07 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0198020546 |
The second volume in Joel Feinberg's series The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, Offense to Others focuses on the "offense principle," which maintains that preventing shock, disgust, or revulsion is always a morally relevant reason for legal prohibitions. Feinberg clarifies the concept of an "offended mental state" and further contrasts the concept of offense with harm. He also considers the law of nuisance as a model for statutes creating "morals offenses," showing its inadequacy as a model for understanding "profound offenses," and discusses such issues as obscene words and social policy, pornography and the Constitution, and the differences between minor and profound offenses.
Offense to Others
Title | Offense to Others PDF eBook |
Author | Joel Feinberg |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 351 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Crimes without victims |
ISBN | 0195052153 |
The second volume in the series The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, this book explicates the "offense principle," clarifies the concept of the "offended mental state," examines pornography and the Constitution, obscenity, and obscene words and social policy.
The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Harm to others
Title | The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Harm to others PDF eBook |
Author | Joel Feinberg |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN |
These four volumes address the question of the kinds of conduct may the state make criminal without infringing on the moral autonomy of individual citizens.
Harm to Others
Title | Harm to Others PDF eBook |
Author | Joel Feinberg |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 1984-07-05 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 019802052X |
This first volume in the four-volume series The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law focuses on the "harm principle," the commonsense view that prevention of harm to persons other than the perpetrator is a legitimate purpose of criminal legislation. Feinberg presents a detailed analysis of the concept and definition of harm and applies it to a host of practical and theoretical issues, showing how the harm principle must be interpreted if it is to be a plausible guide to the lawmaker.
The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Offense to others
Title | The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Offense to others PDF eBook |
Author | Joel Feinberg |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Crimes without victims |
ISBN |
Annotation. The second volume in Joel Feinberg's series The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, Offense to Others focuses on the "offense principle," which maintains that preventing shock, disgust, or revulsion is always a morally relevant reason for legal prohibitions. Feinberg clarifies the concept ofan "offended mental state" and further contrasts the concept of offense with harm. He also considers the law of nuisance as a model for statutes creating "morals offenses," showing its inadequacy as a model for understanding "profound offenses," and discusses such issues as obscene words and socialpolicy, pornography and the Constitution, and the differences between minor and profound offenses.
Harmless Wrongdoing
Title | Harmless Wrongdoing PDF eBook |
Author | Joel Feinberg |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 411 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Crimes without victims |
ISBN | 0195064704 |
The 4th and final volume in the series defines the philosophical basis for criminalizing so-called 'victimless crimes', such as pornography and consensual sexual activity.
The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Harm to self
Title | The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Harm to self PDF eBook |
Author | Joel Feinberg |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN |
N this volume, Feinberg focuses on the meanings of "interest," the relationship between interests and wants, and the distinction between want-regarding and ideal-regarding analyses on interest and hard cases for the applications of the concept of harm. Examples of the "hard cases" are harm to character, vicarious harm, and prenatal and posthumous harm. Feinberg also discusses the relationship between harm and rights, the concept of a victim, and the distinctions of various quantitative dimensions of harm, consent, and offense, including the magnitude, probability, risk, and "importance" of harm.