An Eye for an Eye?
eBook - ePub

An Eye for an Eye?

The Immorality of Punishing by Death

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

An Eye for an Eye?

The Immorality of Punishing by Death

About this book

The death penalty issue has become the epitome of the unresolvable issue, the question which people answer on the basis of gut reactions rather than logical arguments. In the second edition of An Eye for an Eye? Stephen Nathanson evaluates arguments for and against the death penalty, and ultimately defends an abolitionist position to the controversial practice, including arguments that show how and why the dealth penalty is inconsistent with respect for life and a commitment to justice. A timely new postscript and an updated bibliography accompany the volume.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface to the Second Edition
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. |1| - Respect For Life
  10. |2| - Killing to Protect Life: The Deterrence Argument
  11. |3| - The Economic Argument for Executions
  12. |4| - Should We Execute Those Who Deserve to Die?
  13. |5| - The Problem of Unjust Deserts
  14. |6| - Do Murderers Deserve to Die?
  15. |7| - Deserving to Die
  16. |8| - Is the Death Penalty Cruel and Unusual?
  17. |9| - Vengeance and Vigilantism
  18. |10| - What If the Death Penalty Did Save Lives?
  19. |11| - The Death Penalty as a Symbolic Issue
  20. Epilogue
  21. Postscripts to the Second Edition
  22. Notes
  23. Updated Bibliography
  24. Index