Dialogues on the Ethics of Capital Punishment

by Dale Jacquette

Book Overview

One in the series New Dialogues in Philosophy, edited by the author himself, Dale Jacquette presents a fictional dialogue over a three-day period on the ethical complexities of capital punishment. Jacquette moves his readers from outlining basic issues in matters of life and death, to questions of justice and compassion, with a concluding dialogue on the conditional and unconditional right to life. Jacquette's characters talk plainly and thoughtfully...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742561437
• ISBN13: 9780742561434
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.9"