Two kinds of criminal wrongs

2025-02-12 Classification：Religion Click(2)
Author：Garvey, SP

Article Title：Two kinds of criminal wrongs

Abstract：
I distinguish two kinds of criminal wrongs. A wrongdoer who acts in defiance of his conscience is guilty of what I call a wicked wrong. A wrongdoer who does not act in defiance of his conscience is guilty of what I call a vicious wrong. The distinction derives from a conception of immorality often associated with the Christian tradition. The distinction is important because it determines the moral message a wrongdoer should try to send through the punishment or penance he must endure in order to atone for his wrongdoing.

Keywords: penance; punishment; religion; virtue and vice; wickedness

DOI: 10.1177/1462474503005003003

Source：PUNISHMENT & SOCIETY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PENOLOGY

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