The ethics of capital punishment : a philosophical investigation of evil and its consequences / Matthew H. Kramer.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Capital punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Taking a fresh look at a central controversy in criminal law theory, 'The Ethics of Capital Punishment' presents a rationale for the death penalty grounded in a theory of the nature of evil and the nature of defilement.

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9780191732188

0191732184

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