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The cruel and unusual phenomenology of solitary confinement

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posted on 2024-11-15, 16:47 authored by Shaun GallagherShaun Gallagher
What happens when subjects are deprived of intersubjective contact? This paper looks closely at the phenomenology and psychology of one example of that deprivation: solitary confinement. It also puts the phenomenology and psychology of solitary confinement to use in the legal context. Not only is there no consensus on whether solitary confinement is a "cruel and unusual punishment," there is no consensus on the definition of the term "cruel" in the use of that legal phrase. I argue that we can find a moral consensus on the meaning of "cruelty" by looking specifically at the phenomenology and psychology of solitary confinement.

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Gallagher, S. 2014, 'The cruel and unusual phenomenology of solitary confinement', Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 5, no. 585, pp. 1-8.

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Frontiers in Psychology

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5

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JUN

Language

English

RIS ID

91901

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