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In four pages the death penalty is analyzed within the concept of various philosophies such as 'an eye for an eye' and provides an...
In seven pages this paper considers capital punishment and three arguments such as retribution, intolerable capital offenses, and ...
In five pages capital punishment is examined in terms of pro and con arguments with no conclusions drawn. Seven sources are cited...
In two pages this paper is structured as a letter to the editor and considers capital punishment form a utilitarian philosophical ...
In five pages this paper examines Socrates' arguments regarding capital punishment and the sophist foundation that cements them....
death (2004). While evidentiary rules are not pertinent here in terms of the guilt of the defendant, evidence is pertinent in resp...
applied, was arbitrary and capricious" (67). While it seemed as if the death penalty was beginning to become less popular, this ca...
the study results that support their position and ignore other research. Studies that compare homicide trends in states and countr...
This 3 page paper gives a detailed analysis of Justice Thurgood Marshall's philosophical rejection of capital punishment,w hich he...
The problem with meaning as it relates to Kantian duty is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotati...
is, if someone commits a heinous crime, they deserve a similar fate. The death penalty is sometimes not nearly as harsh as the cri...
far less heinous than murder, so how is it that the Bible can be mistaken for harboring judgmental opinion against capital punishm...
penalty was much more likely to be imposed. While Texas and California do not share the same frequency in use of capital pu...
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...
be the greater injustice. It can be contended that Socrates was correct, that the death penalty is an important tool for insuring...
who could argue with that idea? Of course, capital punishment is an ongoing debate and one that has been around for centuries. Als...
as category four where there is 100% risk rating. Therefore all $20 million must be used when calculating the capital requirement ...
In five pages this paper considers 3 of Kant's formulations regarding a lone categorical imperative as presented in his philosophi...
justice seems to supercede mercy (Budziszewski 39). This author, who is a Professor of Government and Philosophy at the University...
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...
the group prosper (147). First of all, before considering what constitutes justice within a community, it is first necessary to ...
death penalty has a deterrent effect ("Does the Death Penalty Deter?"). Several studies argued in favor of the deterrent because ...
the topic, some history is in order. How has the death penalty been treated in Christian religions, particularly among the Protest...
several Christian societies which still use the Bible as a basis for their arguments for the death penalty. Largely, however even ...
In five pages this paper discusses the 5th and 8th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution with regards to capital punishment. Five s...
In five pages the different positions one can take regarding the issue of capital punishment are presented both pro and con. Six ...
In twelve pages this research paper discusses crime sentencing, politics, and the controversy surrounding legislative guidelines r...
In seven pages these countries are compared regarding capital punishment in posing the argument the the U.S. should abolish it. T...
In seven pages this paper examines the issue of capital punishment and presents an argument strongly opposing it with mention of w...