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Book SynopsisDiscussing capital punishment and the use of philosophical theories of right and wrong, the book focuses on utilitarian and Kantian normative theories, applying them to the morality of capital punishment.
Trade Review"Mr Sorell writes in a brisk and lively style: his readers will be grateful. At the same time he has produced a philosophically sophisticated exercise in moral rhetoric. He has been patient and lucid in his effort to connect moral themes with punitive policy, something few philosophers have tried and none achieved with better effect. American readers will learn from his dissection of parliamentary debate on the dealth penalty, while others will profit from his critique of the Supreme Court's major death penalty ruling."
Hugo Adam Bedau, Tufts UniversityTable of ContentsSelected problems - how philosophy can help; a selected controversy; capital punishment in philosophical context; utilitarian arguments for and against capital punishment; just desert.
