Pleading for Hell: Postulates, Fantasies, and the Senselessness of Punishment

If the ideal of justice includes effective punishment of offenders, an extension into afterlife must be postulated. This still involves all the questionable aspects and paradoxes of punishment that make rational and enlightened argumentation difficult.

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Published in:Numen
Main Author: Burkert, Walter (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2009
In: Numen
Year: 2009, Volume: 56, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 141-160
Further subjects:B Nekyia SUMERIAN HELL PLATO'S MYTHS SISYPHOS PROBLEM OF PUNISHMENT
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Summary:If the ideal of justice includes effective punishment of offenders, an extension into afterlife must be postulated. This still involves all the questionable aspects and paradoxes of punishment that make rational and enlightened argumentation difficult.
ISSN:1568-5276
Contains:In: Numen
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/156852709X404955