Vasco MadridMy Development in Crime and JusticeThroughout this semester, I have written 11 different medium post. I used these posts as a way to better understand the texts and as a way…Dec 8, 2020Dec 8, 2020
Vasco MadridQuestions on Kant and RetributivismIn The Metaphysics of Morals, Kant outlines his view on retributivism in the section titled “On the Right to Punish and to Grant Clemency”…Nov 16, 2020Nov 16, 2020
Vasco MadridOn How to Theorize PunishmentIn “Punishment: Consequentialism,” David Wood examines different forward-looking justifications for punishment which are focused on what…Nov 8, 20201Nov 8, 20201
Vasco MadridIntentional Criminogenic ConditionsIn “Poverty and Criminal Responsibility,” Victor Tadros claims that poor people have legitimate reasons to not be held responsible by the…Oct 30, 2020Oct 30, 2020
Vasco MadridExcuse as a Modifier of Moral Responsibility and Legal LawIn “The Power of Excuses,” Paulina Sliwa is concerned with reframing the function of excuse and what it constitutes. She introduces her…Oct 21, 2020Oct 21, 2020
Vasco MadridOn Debating Moral Luck: Enoch SummaryIt is necessary to consider the presence of luck in the legal system because the potential immoral nature of punishing someone based on…Oct 13, 2020Oct 13, 2020
Vasco MadridOn the Wrongfulness ConstraintIt is commonly agreed that in order to constitute an action as criminalizable and thus punishable, the action must be considered morally…Sep 30, 20202Sep 30, 20202
Vasco Madrid“Good Guys and Bad Guys”: Summary and DiscussionIn “Good Guys and Bad Guys,” Ekow Yankah is concerned with the features of a situation that can be used to calculate and determine…Sep 23, 2020Sep 23, 2020
Vasco MadridSummary of “Laws that are Made to be Broken”In “Laws that are Made to be Broken,” Edwards introduces the identification principle, a proposition on the limitations to the means of…Sep 16, 20202Sep 16, 20202
Vasco MadridBeyond the Offense Principle: Summary and Application of “Beyond the Harm Principle”In “Beyond the Harm Principle,” Ripstein critiques the limitations of Mill’s harm principle to articulate the details of harm by…Sep 9, 20205Sep 9, 20205