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far less heinous than murder, so how is it that the Bible can be mistaken for harboring judgmental opinion against capital punishm...

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....

In two pages this paper is structured as a letter to the editor and considers capital punishment form a utilitarian philosophical ...

the study results that support their position and ignore other research. Studies that compare homicide trends in states and countr...

is, if someone commits a heinous crime, they deserve a similar fate. The death penalty is sometimes not nearly as harsh as the cri...

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...

In seven pages this paper considers capital punishment and three arguments such as retribution, intolerable capital offenses, and ...

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...

theory (which considers social factors, disorganization, control and the learning process)and the rational choice theory (which co...

be the greater injustice. It can be contended that Socrates was correct, that the death penalty is an important tool for insuring...

deterrence is concerned, according to Lippke, "Research into the deterrent effects of the death penalty... has failed to show that...

on the bandwagon for the death penalty but rather in him looking more closely at the issues surrounding that penalty. He contends...

The problem with meaning as it relates to Kantian duty is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotati...

In seven pages the film is discussed in an examination of a trio of ethical theories and the morality of capital punishment. Five...

In ten pages capital punishment is examined in terms of ethical acceptability with an attempt to arrive at a consensus through a c...

In nine pages political, social, and economic issues are considered in this discussion of juvenile offenders and capital punishmen...

This 3 page paper gives a detailed analysis of Justice Thurgood Marshall's philosophical rejection of capital punishment,w hich he...

of "real-world effects" anyway . In other words, the penalty will not act as a deterrent if in fact murderers are oblivious to the...

example, a parent might threaten to spank a child and the fear of the spanking would have a deterrent effect. Thus, the child woul...

justice seems to supercede mercy (Budziszewski 39). This author, who is a Professor of Government and Philosophy at the University...

executions would decline dramatically during the 1960s and 1970s, but would increase a bit during the 1980s and 1990s (Dezbakhsh ...

murder. The families of murder victims often wait for a verdict of death and believe that should be the case. This is because they...

calculations the best course of action may be projected by looking at the changes any change in the capital base will create it is...

without reciprocal discipline is a concept many find difficult to grasp. People who witness the reality each and every night on t...

and Miller that there should not be any impact on the cost of capital regardless of the underlying capital structure and that the ...

of the cycle is arbitrary and is defined according to the assessment needs of the organization. It can be assessed in terms of a ...

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Drug companies are often criticized for unethical behavior. The writer considers the pharmaceutical companies from an ethical per...