%0 Journal Article
%T Anselm on the Character Creation Theory of Punishment
%A Rogers
%A Katherin A.
%J The Saint Anselm Journal
%D 2007
%I Institute for Saint Anselm Studies
%X How can we deal theoretically with the issue of forgiveness? I have found that when facing a philosophical puzzle here at the beginning of the 21st century, help is very likely to be found in the work of Anselm of Canterbury. It turns out that Anselm provides a series of plausible theses about human choice, action, and responsibility, out of which a viable theory of punishment, what I call the Character Creation Theory, can be constructed¡ªa theory which satisfies our various intuitions about punishment at least as well as other retributivist views, but which can make sense of the appropriateness of forgiveness. In this paper I would like to set out the premises of the theory as they appear in Anselm's work.
%K Anselm of Canterbury
%K moral responsibility
%K Character creation theory
%U http://www.anselm.edu/Documents/Institute%20for%20Saint%20Anselm%20Studies/Abstracts/4.5.3.2d_42Rogers.pdf