By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment

by Edward Feser and Joseph Bessette

Book Overview

The Catholic Church has in recent decades been associated with political efforts to eliminate the death penalty. It was not always so. This timely work reviews and explains the Catholic Tradition regarding the death penalty, demonstrating that it is not inherently evil and that it can be reserved as a just form of punishment in certain cases.

Drawing upon a wealth of philosophical, scriptural, theological, and social scientific arguments,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621641260
• ISBN13: 9781621641261
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"