The ethics of capital punishment /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Detroit :
Greenhaven Press,
[2005]
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| Series: | At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
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Table of Contents:
- Executions are only just if they meet stringent moral conditions / Lloyd Steffen
- Arguments against the death penalty are flawed / Thomas R. Eddlem
- Retribution is a moral reason for capital punishment / Walter Berns
- The possibility that the death penalty deters murder justifies its use / Ernest van den Haag
- The risk of executing the innocent makes the death penalty unfair / Joseph P. Shapiro
- Capital punishment is a just consequence for those who choose evil / Gregory Koukl
- Women are often unfairly spared the death penalty / Thad Rueter
- Racist courts make capital punishment extremely unjust for African American defendants / Richard C. Dieter
- The execution of juveniles in the United States violates international human rights law / Amnesty International USA
- Capital punishemnt of the mentally disabled requires special consideration / Douglas Mossman
- It is unethical for health care workers to participate in executions / Dave Holmes and Cary Federman.