Summary — The Morality of MercyIn The Morality of Mercy, Heidi M. Hurd writes about the merits of mercy and whether retributivists are wrong in dismissing the idea that…Nov 24, 20202Nov 24, 20202
Husak — Focused SummaryDouglas Husak’s piece, Why Punish the Deserving?, is clearly relevant to the guiding question for this module: “When must we punish the…Nov 18, 2020Nov 18, 2020
Summary/Comparative Insight — KantIn The Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant writes on the “right to punish and grant clemency.” He believes that the right to punish is…Nov 10, 20203Nov 10, 20203
Focused Summary — Justice and RetributionIn the HiPhi Nation podcast episode entitled Justice and Retribution, Barry Lam discusses the criminal justice system with several experts…Nov 3, 20202Nov 3, 20202
Critical Engagement — TadrosTadros, in his piece, Poverty and Criminal Responsibility, argues that poverty is a valid reason to exempt certain people, in certain…Oct 26, 20203Oct 26, 20203
Summary — SliwaEarlier in the semester, after reading The Nature and Significance of Culpability by David O. Brink, we discussed the effects of excuses…Oct 20, 20203Oct 20, 20203
Summary/Critical Engagement — EnochIn Moral Luck and the Law, David Enoch talks about moral luck and legal luck and how they impact the moral blameworthiness of those who…Oct 13, 20203Oct 13, 20203
Comparative Insight — Mens ReaThe three resources for this week’s module focus on the element of mens rea and offer differing perspectives and insights. As mentioned…Oct 7, 20204Oct 7, 20204
Comparative Insight — The Wrongness ConstraintIn Harms, Wrongs, and Crimes, Simester and von Hirsh set out to identify when exactly the criminal law should be applied. This is of…Sep 30, 20205Sep 30, 20205
Yankah — Critical EngagementIn “Good Guys and Bad Guys,” Ekow Yankah makes the argument that the simplistic division we often make between good guys and bad guys is…Sep 23, 2020Sep 23, 2020
Brink — Focused SummaryIn The Nature and Significance of Culpability, David Brink distinguishes between three types of culpability that he thinks are crucial to…Sep 22, 20201Sep 22, 20201
Critical Engagement — EdwardsIn his article “Laws that are Made to be Broken,” James Edwards attempts to distinguish between various means of criminalization and offer…Sep 15, 2020Sep 15, 2020
Comparative Insight — Ripstein and the Sovereignty PrincipleIn his writing, Beyond the Harm Principle, Arthur Ripstein sets out to identify a new principle that will better explain what activities…Sep 8, 20203Sep 8, 20203
Focused Summary — Offense to OthersIn the chapter entitled Offensive Nuisances, Feinberg presents his principle relating to justifiable interferences by the state, which…Sep 1, 2020Sep 1, 2020
On Liberty — SummaryIn Chapter 1 of On Liberty, John Stuart Mill begins with a discussion of the historical struggle between liberty and authority. Authority…Aug 25, 20201Aug 25, 20201
Introduction — Taylor DunkleyHi everyone! My name is Taylor Dunkley. I am a Senior at USC, majoring in Accounting and minoring in Philosophy. After I graduate in the…Aug 20, 2020Aug 20, 2020
