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Shame Penalties: Dignity and Narcissistic Rage

Author(s): Martha C. Nussbaum
Contributor(s): Maja Staśko (Translator)
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Criminology, Studies in violence and power, Penology, Victimology
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: shame penalties; human rights; stigmatization; narcissism; imprisonment; racism

Summary/Abstract: This text analyses the arguments for and against shame penalties. A key reason why shame penalties seem unacceptable is their incompatibility with the right to dignity inherent to every human being: whereas guilt focuses only on the act, shame stigmatizes the whole person. The concept of ‘primitive shame’ reveals how the rationales

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 174-193
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish