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Chuang Tzu and Socrates on State Obedience versus Self Interest

own life? Not all philosophers would agree with the path he ultimately chose. First, it is important to keep in mind that practi...

Society's Violence and Executions

the execution I felt an extreme compulsion to shower and shower and shower again. Eventually I realized that I felt filthy because...

Capital Punishment and the Positions of Presidential Candidates Al Gore, George W. Bush, and Pat Buchanan

In five pages this paper examines the differences in the support of capital punishment espoused by this trio of 2000 presidential ...

Death Penalty Overview and Opposition

In a paper consisting of eight pages capital punishment is presented in an overview along with the heated passions that inspire th...

Philosophers on the Death Penalty

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

Arguing Against Capital Punishment

In six pages this paper argues that the high probability of error is sufficient to abolish capital punishment in the United States...

Capital Punishment Law Justifications

In five pages this paper discusses how federal capital punishment imposition can be justified. Six sources are cited in the bibli...

In Favor of Capital Punishment

In six pages this paper assesses the debate from both sides before arguing in favor of the morality and effectiveness of capital p...

U.S. and Saudi Arabia on Capital Punishiment

In six pages this paper compares and contrasts capital punishment implementation between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. in a discussion...

Both Sides of the Death Penalty Issue

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...

US and New Jersey's Capital Punishment History

the Supreme Court decision of Furman v. Georgia (Freitas PG). This decision stated that the death penalty constituted cruel and u...

A Capital Punishment Analysis

according to The Columbia Encyclopedia is "imposition of penalty of death by the state" (Capital Punishment, 1993). Altho...

Capital Punishment and Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish The Birth of the Prison

that punishment is really nothing more than the stronger, and perhaps more popular, individual asserting his power and rights over...

Capital Punishment in Islam

Satanic Verses spoke against Islam and because Rushdie was raised Muslim, he became one of the most visible and obvious choices fo...

Capital Punishment and American Political Changes

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

Life in Prison v. Death Penalty

for the criminal, and again, victimizes the families. Advocates of the Death penalty offer that it costs too much to keep s...

Deterrence of Capital Punishment

are erroneously convicted, the possibly of error looms large. In fact, if capital punishment is construed as something that is al...

Capital Punishment Should Remain in Place

and that is a problem. At the same time, for a host of reasons, the death penalty should stay. It is a punishment that is sorely n...

Consequentialism and Capital Punishment

more important than the outcome. The latter sees the consequences as the most important thing and so would exceed the speed limit ...

England's Crime and Crime and Punishment from 1800 to 1850

times when social change occurred (Emsley , 1987). In many ways the examination of the way those who are accused of committing cri...

Capital Punishment from Ethical and Moral Perspectives

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

Kenya and the Death Penalty

but not all that many actual sentences carried out. Knowing the background of the death penalty in the nation, it comes as no sur...

Arguing Against Capital Punishment

the loss of a life, even if that life is at the hands of the justice system. Introduction: Consider this: As long as the death...

Arbitrary Definition and Current Capital Punishment Sentences

- at least sometimes - just as culpable as adults" (Taylor, 2005, p. PG). Capital punishment was not only utilized as a...

Abolition of the Death Penalty

crime committed, there must be appropriate punishment possibilities in the system. For example, if the death penalty is available ...

Death Penalty Issues and Problems

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

Arbitrary Capital Punishment

when the death penalty is suitable and when it is not. For example, in California, the death penalty must only be administered in ...

Constitutionality of Capital Punishment

Black crime rates have been consistently higher than the white crime rate, consistent with blacks lower socioeconomic status and r...

Demographic Significance in Statistical Assessments

who favor capital punishment, 86.1% are white, and just 5.6% are black. In regards to sex, 53.2% of respondents were female, and...

Justice Defined

the group prosper (147). First of all, before considering what constitutes justice within a community, it is first necessary to ...