Jean Elizabeth Hampton

Jean Elizabeth Hampton (June 1, 1954 – April 2, 1996) was an American political philosopher. She authored several notable works, including "Hobbes and the Social Contract Tradition" (1986), "Political Philosophy" (1997), "The Authority of Reason" (1998), and "The Intrinsic Worth of Persons: Contractarianism in Moral and Political Philosophy" (2007). With Jeffrie G. Murphy, she co-authored "Forgiveness and Mercy". Hampton was associated with the "moral education" theory of punishment, emphasizing the education of criminals and society, and later supported the "expressive theory of retribution". She was on sabbatical in Paris with her husband, Richard Healey, a University of Arizona philosophy professor, when she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on March 29, 1996. She passed away three days later, at the age of 41.