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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2009
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Numen
Année: 2009, Volume: 56, Numéro: 2/3, Pages: 141-160 |
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Nekuia
SUMERIAN HELL
PLATO'S MYTHS
SISYPHOS
PROBLEM OF PUNISHMENT
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| Résumé: | 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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| ISSN: | 1568-5276 |
| Contient: | In: Numen
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/156852709X404955 |