Corporal punishment

Scarre, Geoffrey

Abstract

A study of moral arguments for and against the use of corporal punishment in a judicial content. It is argued that corporal punishment is not inevitably more cruel or demeanial than some conventionlly prefered punitive methods.

Citation

Scarre, G. (2003). Corporal punishment. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 6(3), 295-316. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1026072527441

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2003
• Deposit Date: Jan 18, 2008
• Journal: Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
• Print ISSN: 1386-2820
• Electronic ISSN: 1572-8447
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 295-316
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1026072527441
• Keywords: Corporal punishment, Cruelty, Deterence, Humiliation, 'Inhuman or degrading treatment'.