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"One of the most important problems faced by the United States is addressing ;its broken criminal justice system. This collection of essays offers a thorough examination of incarceration as a form of punishment. In addition to focusing on the philosophical aspects related to punishment, the volume';s diverse group of contributors provides additional background in criminology, economics, law, and sociology to help contextualize the philosophical issues. The first group of essays addresses whether or not our current institutions connected with punishment and incarceration are justified in a liberal society. The next set of chapters explores the negative effects of incarceration as a form of punishment, including its impact on children and families. The volume then describes how we arrived at our current situation in the United States, focusing on questions related to how we view prisons and prisoners, policing for profit, and the motivations of prosecutors in trying to secure convictions. Finally, Rethinking Punishment in the Era of Mass Incarceration examines specific policy alternatives that might offer solutions to our current approach to punishment and incarceration."--Provided by publisher.

"One of the most important problems faced by the United States is addressing ;its broken criminal justice system. This collection of essays offers a thorough examination of incarceration as a form of punishment. In addition to focusing on the philosophical aspects related to punishment, the volumé';s diverse group of contributors provides additional background in criminology, economics, law, and sociology to help contextualize the philosophical issues. The first group of essays addresses whether or not our current institutions connected with punishment and incarceration are justified in a liberal society. The next set of chapters explores the negative effects of incarceration as a form of punishment, including its impact on children and families. The volume then describes how we arrived at our current situation in the United States, focusing on questions related to how we view prisons and prisoners, policing for profit, and the motivations of prosecutors in trying to secure convictions. Finally, Rethinking Punishment in the Era of Mass Incarceration examines specific policy alternatives that might offer solutions to our current approach to punishment and incarceration."--

In this book, Chris W. Surprenant puts forward an original position concerning Kant's practical philosophy and the intersection between his moral and political philosophy. Although Kant provides a detailed account of the nature of morality, the nature of human virtue, and how right manifests itself in civil society, he does not explain fully how individuals are able to become virtuous. This book aims to resolve this problem by showing how an individual is able to cultivate virtue, the aim of Kant's practical philosophy. Through an examination of Kant's accounts of autonomy, the state, and r.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- 1 Philosophy, Controversy, and Freedom of Speech -- 2 Why Academic Freedom? -- 3 Free Speech and Ideological Diversity on American College Campuses -- 4 Are Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech Congruent or Opposed? -- 5 Freedom of Expression at the Private University -- 6 Outside Funding to Centers: A Challenge to Institutional Mission? -- 7 Harm: An Event-Based Feinbergian Account -- 8 The Difference Between Being Offended and Taking Offense -- 9 The Necessity of Offense -- 10 'Words that Wound' in the Classroom: Should They Be Silenced or Discussed? -- 11 Speech and War: Rethinking the Ethics of Speech Restrictions -- 12 Growing-Up Disturbed -- 13 Don't Make Me Laugh: Speech Codes and the Humorless Campus -- 14 Sex, Liberty, and Freedom of Expression at the American University -- 15 Skepticism About Title IX Culture -- 16 From Academic Freedom to Academic Responsibility: Privileges and Responsibilities Regarding Speech on Campus -- 17 Campus Speech, Diverse Perspectives, and the Distribution of Burdens -- 18 When Free Speech Is False Speech -- 19 The Plausibility of Abhorrent Views, and Why it Matters -- 20 Safeguarding Academic Freedom on Campus Through Faculty Governance -- List of Contributors -- Index

Strengthening the pathway to entrepreneurship for high school students could be important in regions of the United States where economic mobility is low. We examine the impact of high school business education on the decision to be a self-employed entrepreneur in two southeastern urban U.S. high schools. We appeal to a potential-outcomes framework to estimate the treatment effect of having taken a business and coding/programming course in high school on actually being a self-employed entrepreneur, and planning to do so in the future. We find evidence that having taken a business course in high school increases the likelihood of actually being a self-employed entrepreneur, and on planning to be one in the future. Our results suggest that, at least in Atlanta and New Orleans, urban high school business education can be effective in increasing the supply of entrepreneurs, which could improve economic mobility in these urban regions. JEL Classification: C14, C21, E10, I26, J01, J20, J40, M13