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Article: No, capital punishment is not morally required: deterrence, deontology, and the death penalty.(response to article by Cass R. Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule in this issue, p. 703)
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
- Author:
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INTRODUCTION
I. PRIVATE MURDERS ARE NOT EQUIVALENT TO EXECUTIONS AS A
MORAL MATTER: NONPURPOSEFUL VERSUS PURPOSEFUL KILLINGS
II. PRIVATE MURDERS ARE NOT EQUIVALENT TO EXECUTIONS AS A
MATTER OF JUSTICE: REGULATION VERSUS PUNISHMENT
A. Capital Punishment as a Failure of Proportionality
B. Capital Punishment as a Failure of Equality
C. Capital Punishment as a Failure of Dignity
III. CONCEPTUAL SLIPPERY SLOPES
A. Execution of the Innocent
B. Execution of Innocent Members of an Offender's Family
C. Imposition of Other Extreme Punishments
D. Execution of Less Culpable Offenders
IV. THE FAILURE OF THE "THRESHOLD"
V. WHY EVEN ...
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