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Utility And Community: Musings On The Tort/Crime Distinction, Stephen G. Marks
Utility And Community: Musings On The Tort/Crime Distinction, Stephen G. Marks
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In this Paper, I propose the following two step procedure to explain both the inclusion and exclusion of criminal utility. As a first step, I posit a full compliance utility function. This utility function includes all utilities for all activities and incorporates an assumption that all members of society will forego prohibited activities. Aa s preliminary matter, I will also presuppose common information and shared values within the community. I suggest that maximization of full compliance social utility determines what society prohibits. As a second step, I strip the social utility function of the utility from prohibited activities and drop …
Reply To Daniel Polsby (Symposium: The New York Death Penalty In Context), Samuel R. Gross
Reply To Daniel Polsby (Symposium: The New York Death Penalty In Context), Samuel R. Gross
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I'd like to offer a few words in response to Professor Polsby's articulate, forceful and amusing essay in favor of capital punishment.