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Talk on the Situation of Retribution

Posted by The Situationist Staff on April 1, 2011

Title: “Punishing Jaws: Experiments  on  Retribution  Against  Nonhuman  Perpetrators”

When: Today – April 1st, at 12PM

Where: Griswold 110, Harvard Law School

Who: Situationist Contributor and Drexel Law School Professor Adam Benforado and University of Pennsylvania Psychology Professor Geoff Goodwin will discuss historical and empirical research regarding retributive punishment imposed upon animals.  They will then use this evidence to draw inferences about human intuitions regarding punishment.

Free burritos!

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2 Responses to “Talk on the Situation of Retribution”

  1. Adam Lerner said

    By any chance, will a video of this be posted at some point? Thanks!

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