An Eye for an Eye? The Immorality of Punishing by Death,9780742513266

An Eye for an Eye? The Immorality of Punishing by Death

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780742513266
ISBN10: 0742513262
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-10-09
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

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 death penalty is inconsistent with respect for life and a commitment to justice. A timely new postscript and an updated bibliography accompany the volume.

Author Biography

Stephen Nathanson is professor of philosophy at Northeastern University

Table of Contents

Foreword by former Supreme Court Justice
vii
Arthur J. Goldberg
Preface to the Second Edition ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Respect for Life
1(14)
Killing to Protect Life: The Deterrence Argument
15(18)
The Economic Argument for Executions
33(9)
Should We Execute Those Who Deserve to Die?
42(17)
The Problem of Unjust Deserts
59(10)
Do Murderers Deserve to Die?
69(14)
Deserving to Die
83(13)
Is the Death Penalty Cruel and Unusual?
96(12)
Vengeance and Vigilantism
108(11)
What If the Death Penalty Did Save Lives?
119(12)
The Death Penalty As A Symbolic Issue
131(16)
Epilogue 147(2)
Postscripts to the Second Edition 149(38)
Notes 187(10)
Selected Bibliography 197(6)
Index 203

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