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deterrence is concerned, according to Lippke, "Research into the deterrent effects of the death penalty... has failed to show that...
In two pages this paper is structured as a letter to the editor and considers capital punishment form a utilitarian philosophical ...
far less heinous than murder, so how is it that the Bible can be mistaken for harboring judgmental opinion against capital punishm...
the study results that support their position and ignore other research. Studies that compare homicide trends in states and countr...
applied, was arbitrary and capricious" (67). While it seemed as if the death penalty was beginning to become less popular, this ca...
In five pages this paper examines Socrates' arguments regarding capital punishment and the sophist foundation that cements them....
The problem with meaning as it relates to Kantian duty is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotati...
In ten pages capital punishment is examined in terms of ethical acceptability with an attempt to arrive at a consensus through a c...
on the bandwagon for the death penalty but rather in him looking more closely at the issues surrounding that penalty. He contends...
In seven pages this paper considers capital punishment and three arguments such as retribution, intolerable capital offenses, and ...
penalty was much more likely to be imposed. While Texas and California do not share the same frequency in use of capital pu...
death (2004). While evidentiary rules are not pertinent here in terms of the guilt of the defendant, evidence is pertinent in resp...
is, if someone commits a heinous crime, they deserve a similar fate. The death penalty is sometimes not nearly as harsh as the cri...
punishment.iv It was a close vote of 4 to 3, which means that not all justices on that court believed electrocution to be cruel an...
drug called Xolair. The problem is that while TNX-901 had proven effective in trials, Xolair had not, especially against peanut al...
theory (which considers social factors, disorganization, control and the learning process)and the rational choice theory (which co...
In six pages the pros and cons of capital punishment are examined in the question the writer poses, 'Is it moral for a society to...
capital punishment can be applied to the three capital offences of first degree murder, felony murder, and capital drug trafficki...
In ten pages this paper evaluates capital punishment in terms of its societal pros and cons and considers moral dilemma resolution...
do not become innocent or less deserving of punishment because others escaped it" (van den Haag 51-68). Being a supporter o...
In seven pages the film is discussed in an examination of a trio of ethical theories and the morality of capital punishment. Five...
be the greater injustice. It can be contended that Socrates was correct, that the death penalty is an important tool for insuring...
know the child is there, because each of them is taken to see it when they are quite young, perhaps 8-12 years of age. They cannot...
boundaries. Being judgmental of others is not an advantageous characteristic for anyone to exhibit; it is no secret that each per...
in order for the public to have trust in law enforcement officers. This is particularly true as there is evidence that trust in la...
that rules, in and of themselves, are not sacred or absolute (Crain, 2009). For example, if a child hears a scenario in which one ...
justice seems to supercede mercy (Budziszewski 39). This author, who is a Professor of Government and Philosophy at the University...
example, a parent might threaten to spank a child and the fear of the spanking would have a deterrent effect. Thus, the child woul...
of "real-world effects" anyway . In other words, the penalty will not act as a deterrent if in fact murderers are oblivious to the...
This 3 page paper gives a detailed analysis of Justice Thurgood Marshall's philosophical rejection of capital punishment,w hich he...