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Matthew Kramer - The Ethics of Capital Punishment: A Philosophical Investigation of Evil and its Consequences - 9780199642199 - V9780199642199
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The Ethics of Capital Punishment: A Philosophical Investigation of Evil and its Consequences

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Description for The Ethics of Capital Punishment: A Philosophical Investigation of Evil and its Consequences Paperback. Taking a fresh look at a central controversy in criminal law theory, The Ethics of Capital Punishment presents a rationale for the death penalty grounded in a theory of the nature of evil and the nature of defilement. Original, unsettling, and deeply controversial, it will be an essential reference point for future debates on the subject. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB; LAR; LNFX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
Debate has long been waged over the morality of capital punishment, with standard arguments in its favour being marshalled against familiar arguments that oppose the practice. In The Ethics of Capital Punishment, Matthew Kramer takes a fresh look at the philosophical arguments on which the legitimacy of the death penalty stands or falls, and he develops a novel justification of that penalty for a limited range of cases. The book pursues both a project of critical debunking of the familiar rationales for capital punishment and a project of partial vindication. The critical part presents some accessible and engaging critiques ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199642199
SKU
V9780199642199
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Ref
99-1

About Matthew Kramer
Matthew H. Kramer is Professor of Legal & Political Philosophy at the University of Cambridge; Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge; and Director of the Cambridge Forum for Legal & Political Philosophy. He is the author of a dozen previous books and the co-editor of four other books.

Reviews for The Ethics of Capital Punishment: A Philosophical Investigation of Evil and its Consequences
Review from previous edition Hannah Arendt ends Eichmann in Jerusalem with a statement about the sentencing of Adolf Eichmann: "we find that no one, that is, no member of the human race, can be expected to want to share the earth with you." Kramer's excellent new book develops an original line of argument that echoes that Arendtian sentiment into what ... Read more

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