Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246) and index
Beyond the moral responsibility system -- The unjust necessity of punishment -- Tychonic moral responsibility -- The strike-back roots of retributive justice -- A just world, moral responsibility, and the justice of punishment -- Does denying moral responsibility threaten dignity, rights, and innocence? -- Empirical examination of moral responsibility -- How does belief in moral responsibility undermine personal dignity? -- Efforts to make punishment just -- Is therapy an alternative? -- The no-blame system model -- No limits on no-blame -- A universal no-blame system