Wrongs and Crimes
The
Criminalization series arose from an interdisciplinary investigation
into criminalization, focussing on the principles that might guide
decisions about what kinds of conduct should be criminalized, and the
forms that criminalization should take. Developing a normative theory of
criminalization, the series tackles the key questions at the heart of
the issue: what principles and goals should guide legislators in
deciding what to criminalize? How should criminal wrongs be classified
and differentiated? How should law enforcement officials apply the law's
specifications of offences?
The sixth volume in the series offers a philosophical investigation of the relationship between moral wrongdoing and criminalization. Considering they justification of punishment, the nature of harm, the importance of autonomy, inchoate wrongdoing, the role of consent, and the role of the state, the book provides an account of the nature of moral wrong doing, the sources of wrong doing, why wrong doing is the central target of the criminal law, and the ways in which criminalization of non-wrongful conduct might be permissible.
The sixth volume in the series offers a philosophical investigation of the relationship between moral wrongdoing and criminalization. Considering they justification of punishment, the nature of harm, the importance of autonomy, inchoate wrongdoing, the role of consent, and the role of the state, the book provides an account of the nature of moral wrong doing, the sources of wrong doing, why wrong doing is the central target of the criminal law, and the ways in which criminalization of non-wrongful conduct might be permissible.
