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The Death Penalty: For and Against

The Death Penalty: For and Against

Paperback

Series: Point/Counterpoint: Philosophers Debate Contemporary Issues

PhilosophyCriminology

ISBN10: 0847686337
ISBN13: 9780847686339
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Dec 29 1997
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.94
Language: English
Two distinguished social and political philosophers take opposing positions in this highly engaging work. Louis P. Pojman justifies the practice of execution by appealing to the principle of retribution while Jeffrey Reiman argues that although the death penalty is a just punishment for murder, we are not morally obliged to execute murderers.

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