A Restorative Signaling Theory of Punitive Desert by Jim C. Staihar A
A Restorative Signaling Theory of Punitive Desert by Jim C. Staihar A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Philosophy) in The University of Michigan 2008 Doctoral Committee: Professor Elizabeth S. Anderson, Chair Professor Stephen Leicester Darwall Professor Allan F. Gibbard Professor Thomas A. Green Acknowledgements For all their comments and support, I very much thank my dissertation committee: Elizabeth Anderson (chair), Stephen Darwall, Allan Gibbard, and Thomas Green. For insightful discussion and advice on writing the dissertation, I very much thank Tom Beauchamp, Aaron Bronfman, Sarah Buss, Wayne Davis, Ed Curley, David Dick, Lee Fennell, Steven Kuhn, Saul Levmore, Eric Lormand, James Mattingly, Richard McAdams, Martha Nussbaum, Matt Pugsley, Peter Railton, Don Regan, Scott Shapiro, and Matty Silverstein. For financial support while completing the dissertation, I thank the University of Michigan Philosophy Department and Rackham Graduate School, the John M. Olin Center for Law and Economics at the University of Michigan Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School. For their special friendship and support, I very much thank Bob Darden, Chrysta Lienczewski, and my family. ii Table of Contents Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................ii Abstract ......................................................................................................................vi Chapter 1: A Restorative
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