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Publication details for Professor Geoffrey Scarre

Scarre, Geoffrey. (2003). Corporal punishment. Ethical theory & moral practice 6(3): 295-316.

• Publication type: Journal papers: academic
• ISSN/ISBN: 1386-2820, 1572-8447
• DOI: 10.1023/A:1026072527441
• Keywords: Corporal punishment, cruelty, deterence, humiliation, 'inhuman or degrading treatment'
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• Durham research online: DRO record

Author(s) from Durham

• Professor Geoffrey Scarre

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.