| 释义 |
reˈtributivism, n.
[f. retributive a. + -ism.]
The policy or theory of retributive justice.
1969N. Walker Sentencing in Rational Soc. i. 5 In its unsophisticated form penal retributivism asserts..that the penal system should be designed to ensure that offenders atone by suffering for their offences. 1987Columbia Law Rev. Apr. 510 Much of the philosophical discussion of retributivism centers around the question whether it is morally desirable that persons get their just deserts. |