Abstract

In this paper we analyze Philip Pettit’s theory of criminal justice. The main characteristics of this theory are value-monism, consequentialism and republicanism, i. e. it acknowledges one supreme value that is to be promoted, and this value consists in freedom, understood in a distinctively republican way. We formulate two points of critique: First, a consequentialist theory cannot take rights seriously, and is therefore at odds with the republican premise. Second, a unique consequentialist target seems both too vague and too demanding to guide practice.

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