The Ethics of Capital Punishment: A Philosophical Investigation of Evil and Its Consequences

by Matthew H. Kramer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199642192
• ISBN13: 9780199642199
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"