tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20662860.post4652037854250981063..comments2023-04-02T09:49:12.204-04:00Comments on Problems of Life: Peace, Etc.Matthew Pianaltohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380038537888895216noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20662860.post-27872970372810160912009-11-08T11:31:48.270-05:002009-11-08T11:31:48.270-05:00My dissertation advisor, David Boonin, wrote a boo...My dissertation advisor, David Boonin, wrote a book with Cambridge called "The Problem of Punishment". I think he favors a system of restitutition, instead of legal punishment.Mike Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489700864050607425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20662860.post-62426858747012458812009-11-08T19:05:21.098-05:002009-11-08T19:05:21.098-05:00From a sobering review of several books on the Ame...From <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23382" rel="nofollow">a sobering review</a> of several books on the American system of incarceration:<br><br><i>Were we in John Rawls's "original position," with no idea whether we would be born a black male in an impoverished urban home,[...] would we accept a system in which one out of every three black males born today can expect to spend time in jail during his life?</i>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10546265581296919974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20662860.post-80051472409357554402009-11-08T19:16:51.606-05:002009-11-08T19:16:51.606-05:00And some interesting perplexities about incarcerat...And some <a href="http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/faculty/2009/01/dispelling-the-myth-of-punishment-proportionality.html" rel="nofollow">interesting perplexities</a> about incarceration and "happiness"/well-being.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10546265581296919974noreply@blogger.com