The ethics of capital punishment / Nick Fisanick, book editor
- Published
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press, [2005]
- Copyright Date
- ©2005
- Physical Description
- 128 pages ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Fisanick, Nick
- Series
- 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.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0737723386 (lib. : alk. paper)
0737723394 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-123) and index.
- Source of Acquisition
- UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment Fund; 20045.
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