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This programme is about the moral problems of punishment. Janet radcliffe Richards argues that we need a justification for punishment because unless we can justify the harm we do to criminals we're... doing just the same thing as we're punishing them for. Two moral theories of punishment (utilitarian and retributon) are illustrated by means of dramatised inserts but neither proves to be a totally satisfactory answer.
This programme is about the moral problems of punishment. Janet radcliffe Richards argues that we need a justification for punishment because unless we can justify the harm we do to criminals we're... doing just the same thing as we're punishing them for. Two moral theories of punishment (utilitarian and retributon) are illustrated by means of dramatised inserts but neither proves to be a totally satisfactory answer.
| Module code and title: | A102, An arts foundation course |
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| Item code: | A102; 15; 1990 |
| First transmission date: | 1990 |
| Published: | 1990 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:11 |
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| Producer: | Betty Talks |
| Contributors: | Frances Coverdale; Janet Radcliffe-Richards |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Crime; Moral retribution; Philosophy; Punishment |
| Master spool number: | HOU6572 |
| Production number: | FOUA319A |
| Videofinder number: | 3630 |
| Available to public: | no |
