Rethinking Punishment

1. Punishment as a Problem: I. Punishment, Theodicies, and Meaning; II. The Axiological and the Deontic; III. Monism and Pluralism; IV. Conflicts, Remainders, and Forgiveness; V. Overview; 2. Prolegomena to any Future Axiology: I. Ideal Utilitarianism, Desert, and the Richness of the Moral Universe; II. Organic Wholes and the Sounds of Justice; III. Variance and its Discontents; IV. Conclusion; 3. The Persistence of Consequentialism: I. Giving Desert its Due; II. The Pieties of Impunity; III. The Avoidance of Suffering and Sour Grapes; IV. Conclusion; 4. The Gerrymandering Gambit: Retributivism in the Budget Room: I. Holistic Retributivism and Sharing Stages; II. Emotions, Moral Luck, and Arrogance; III. Cutting Oneself Off from the Human Condition; IV. Punishment, Revenge, and the Pale Cast of Thought; V. Talking to Oneself; VI. Conclusion; 5. Communication, Forgiveness, and Topography: I. The Limits of Communication; II. Games People Play; III. A Variety of Skepticisms; IV. Tales from Topographic Oceans; V. Conclusion; 6. The Allure of the Ledger: Better Than a Dog Anyhow: I. Moral Luck and Moral Mathematics; II. The Critique of the Morality System; III. Punishment, the Peculiar Institution; IV. Pluralism, the Value of Forgiveness, and the Messiness of the World; V. Conclusion; 7. The Right Kind of Complexity: I. Retributivism and Magical Thinking; II. Utilitarianism, Forgiveness, and Moral Reasons; III. Micro-Managing Life; IV. From Unconditional Forgiveness to Unconditional Punishment; V. Conclusion; 8. The Jugglery of Circumstances: Dirty Hands and Impossible Stories: I. Punishing Innocence; II. Moral Taints: From Aulis to Theresienstadt; III. Moral Brilliance and Moral Imagination; IV. Conclusion.