Lecture 18: Punishment II (PHIL 181)
This lecture analyzes the consequentialist and two-level theories of punishment, integrating John Rawls' framework. It further reviews empirical studies on punishment intuitions, including moral outrage and the Knobe effect, concluding with the interaction of moral luck and penal judgments.
Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature (PHIL 181)
The lecture begins with a consideration of the traditional consequentialist account of punishment---that punishment is justified by its deterrent effect on future crimes. Traditional criticisms of the view are presented, and John Rawls' two-level justification for punishment is offered as one possible way to avoid such criticisms by bringing together consequentialist and deontological justifications of punishment in a single theory. Next, Professor Gendler reviews some empirical research on punishment intuitions, including data on moral outrage and the "Knobe effect". The lecture concludes with a brief discussion of how moral luck interacts with intuitions about punishment.
Lecture 17: Punishment I (PHIL 181)
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