Graduation Year
2020
Date of Submission
12-2019
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Philosophy
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Andrew Schroeder
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2019 Kendall J Hollimon
Abstract
In this thesis I analyze both retributive and consequentialist justifications for punishment to understand the foundation for disenfranchisement as punishment. I then argue that although some of these justifications can condone disenfranchisement, the practice of disenfranchising criminals damages the democratic process, thus delegitimizing the punishments that societies democratically decide to impose.
Recommended Citation
Hollimon, Kendall, "Suffrage Over Suffering: How Disenfranchisement Erodes the Legitimacy of Democratic Punishment" (2020). CMC Senior Theses. 2351.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2351
