Biography:Benjamin Yost

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Short description: American philosopher
Benjamin Yost
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven (MA)
Goshen College (BA)
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsCornell University, Providence College, Harvard University, Auburn Correctional Facility, Bard Prison Initiative
Main interests
philosophy of punishment
Websitehttps://benjaminsyost.net/

Benjamin Yost is an American philosopher and adjunct professor of philosophy at Cornell University. Previously he was Professor of Philosophy at Providence College. He is known for his works on philosophy of punishment.[1][2][3]

Books

  • Against Capital Punishment, Oxford University Press 2019
  • The Movement for Black Lives: Philosophical Perspectives (ed.), Oxford University Press 2021

References

  1. Howard, Jeffrey W. (2 April 2020). "Review of Against Capital Punishment" (in en). NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617. https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/against-capital-punishment/. 
  2. Brooks, Thom (1 July 2023). "Against Capital Punishment" (in en). Ethics 133 (4): 662–666. doi:10.1086/724535. ISSN 0014-1704. 
  3. Flanders, Chad (1 September 2020). "The Promise of Procedural Abolitionism: Benjamin S. Yost. Against Capital Punishment. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019, 280pp., $49.95 (hardback), ISBN: 978-0-190-90116-5" (in en). Criminal Justice Ethics 39 (3): 202–210. doi:10.1080/0731129X.2020.1842622. ISSN 0731-129X. 

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