%0 Journal Article %T DISUASI¨®N Y CASTIGO DESDE UNA PERSPECTIVA LOCKEANA %A MALOBERTI %A NICOL¨¢S %J Revista de ciencia pol¨ªtica (Santiago) %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-090X2011000100002 %X this article formulates a deterrence theory of punishment based on lockean premises. following authors such as warren quinn and daniel farrell, it is claimed that a justification for the right to punish must be built upon the recognition of the importance of a right to issue retaliatory threats. contrary to those authors, however, the articulation of such recognition is made within a lockean theory of individual rights. this allows us to appreciate the specific role deterrence has in a plausible conception of punishment, and thus address certain objections that have been formulated recently, especially by david boonin. %K justification of punishment %K retaliation %K deterrence %K locke. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-090X2011000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en