Abstract
I hold that we could justifiably criminalize some threats, on account of the fact that issuing them renders one more likely to commit a crime. But I also point out that if we criminalize some threat-issuing, we will de facto criminalize some warning-issuing, which is unjust. So we ought not to criminalize any threat-issuing. Instead, we should criminalize (roughly) rendering oneself more likely to commit a crime. This would allow us to punish all the threat-issuers we should want to punish. It would also force us to punish some warning-issuers, but we would not be punishing them for their warning-issuing.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 180-203 |
Journal | Ratio Juris |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 22 May 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2015 |
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Benjamin Alan Sachs-Cobbe
- Philosophy - Senior Lecturer
- Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research
Person: Academic