Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Modern Philosophies of Punishment and the Return to Aquinas
1. The Problem with the Utilitarian Theory of Punishment
2. The Problem with Modern Retributivism
3. Foundations of the Thomistic Theory of Punishment
4. The Moral Basis of Punishment: Aquinas's Retributivism
5. Beyond Retribution: Punishing Criminals in Civil Society
5. Capital Punishment, Evangelium Vitae, and the Thomistic Theory of Punishment
Conclusion: Thomas Aquinas and Modern Theories of Punishment
Selected Bibliography
Index