The ethics of capital punishment : a philosophical investigation of evil and its consequences / Matt...
The ethics of capital punishment : a philosophical investigation of evil and its consequences / Matt...
The ethics of capital punishment : a philosophical investigation of evil and its consequences / Matthew H. Kramer.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
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G 2014/4060
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English
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xii, 353 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- Deterrence through capital punishment -- Death and retribution -- Death as incapacitation -- Death as a means of denunciation -- The purgative rationale for capital punishment -- The death penalty in operation.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2011.
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"Debate has long been waged over the morality of capital punishment, with standard arguments in its favor, grounded in the values of retribution or deterrence, being marshalled against familiar arguments against the practice. In The Ethics of Capital Punishment, Matthew Kramer takes a fresh look at the philosophical arguments on which the system of...
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The ethics of capital punishment : a philosophical investigation of evil and its consequences / Matthew H. Kramer.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-339) and index.
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c2011.
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G 2014/4060
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74Vvj0lRkEoy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvj0lRkEoy
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ISBN
0199642184 (hbk.)
9780199642182 (hbk.)
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172/.2
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991015289389702626
