Introduction
Joel Feinberg (1926–2004) was a prominent American philosopher who made important contributions in social, political, and legal philosophy. He wrote on topics such as punishment, rights, and the moral limits of the criminal law. Most of his articles are collected in four volumes: Doing and Deserving (1970), Rights, Justice, and the Bounds of Liberty (1980), Freedom and Fulfillment (1992), and Problems at the Root of Law (2003). His only book-length scholarly monograph was The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, which appeared in four volumes: Harm to Others (1984), Offense to Others (1985), Harm to Self (1986), and Harmless Wrongdoing (1988). He wrote Social Philosophy (1973), an introduction to the field that remains influential. He edited a widely used reader for introductory philosophy courses, Reason and Responsibility (2016), and a popular reader for philosophy of law courses, Philosophy of Law (2013).
Punishment
Of Feinberg’s early articles, perhaps the most...
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Feinberg J (1970) Doing and deserving: essays in the theory of responsibility. Princeton University Press, Princeton
Feinberg J (1973) Social philosophy. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs
Feinberg J (1980) Rights, justice, and the bounds of liberty: essays in social philosophy. Princeton University Press, Princeton
Feinberg J (1984) Harm to others: the moral limits of the criminal law, vol 1. Oxford University Press, New York
Feinberg J (1985) Offense to others: the moral limits of the criminal law, vol 2. Oxford University Press, New York
Feinberg J (1986) Harm to self: the moral limits of the criminal law, vol 3. Oxford University Press, New York
Feinberg J (1988) Harmless wrongdoing: the moral limits of the criminal law, vol 4. Oxford University Press, New York
Feinberg J (1992) Freedom and fulfillment: philosophical essays. Princeton University Press, Princeton
Feinberg J (2003) Problems at the roots of law: essays in legal and political theory. Oxford University Press, Oxford
Feinberg J, Shafer-Landau R (eds) (2016) Reason and responsibility: readings in some basic problems of philosophy, 14th edn. Cengage Learning, Independence
Feinberg J, Coleman J, Kutz C (eds) (2013) Philosophy of law, 9th edn. Cengage Learning, Independence
Secondary Literature
Cohen AI (ed) (2005) Legal theory 11:163–332, a special issue devoted to Feinberg’s work. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Coleman J, Buchanan A (eds) (1994) In harm’s way: essays in honor of Joel Feinberg. Cambridge University Press, New York
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Rainbolt, G.W. (2023). Feinberg, Joel. In: Sellers, M., Kirste, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_7-1
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