Ernest Van Den Haag A Defense Of Capital Punishment Analysis
The key features of the argument on supporting the death penalty developed by Ernest Van Den Haag first focuses on matters of mal-distribution and determining if an individual really deserves it, second the miscarriages of justice, third if the death penalty is a better deterrence than other punishments, fourth the incidental issues that the ...
Justice, Civilization, and the Death Penalty: Answering van den Haag
The recent book, The Death Penalty: A Debate, in which van den Haag argues for the death penalty and John P. Conrad argues against, proves how difficult it is to mount a telling argument against capital punish-ment.2 Conrad contends, for example, that "To kill the offender [who has
Van Den Haag Regarding Capital Punishment Philosophy Essay
I will argue that in responding to Van den Haag's positions for the death penalty, Turrow would more strongly object to the argument that rests on its justice on opposed to its value as deterrent. I will then consider the merit of the arguments on both sides with regards to justice, eventually concluding that Turrow's points are most ...
On Deterrence and the Death Penalty
tion. It is not the penalty-whether death or prison--which is unjust when inflicted on the innocent, but its imposition on the innocent. In-equity between poor and rich also involves distribu-tion, not the penalty distributed.4 Thus injustice is not an objection to the death penalty but to the distributive process-the trial.
The Death Penalty: A Debate, by Ernest van den Haag and John P. Conrad
Both Conrad and van den Haag consider the death penalty in the light of the purposes of any type of punishment. The first is "retribution," espoused particularly by Conrad. Apparently it means that the penalty should deprive the wrongdoer of the benefit of his crime and express society's disapproval of his conduct. The death penalty ...
Ernest van den Haag/Legal Scholar
On the limitations allegedly imposed by the lex talionis, see Reiman Justice, Civilization and the Death Penalty: Answering van den Haag, 14 Phil. & Pub. Aff. 115, 119-34 (1985).
"On Deterrence and the Death Penalty " by Ernest Van Den Hagg
By Ernest Van Den Hagg, Published on 01/01/69. Home; Search; ... On Deterrence and the Death Penalty . Authors. Ernest Van Den Hagg. Recommended Citation. Ernest Van Den Hagg, On Deterrence and the Death Penalty , 60 J. C rim. L. & C riminology 141 (1969). ... Most Popular Papers
13.3 The Death Penalty
One staunch proponent of the death penalty is the philosopher Ernest Van den Haag who has argued that if it could be shown that "some" potential murderers are deterred by the thought of the "ultimate" penalty this would make the death penalty "worth it." 16 This strikes me as more of an appeal to common assumptions about what should ...
Arguments for and Against the Death Penalty
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The Death Penalty Debate: Four Problems and New Philosophical
As I approach my conclusion, I will propose two problems with Van den Haag's argument. First, I want to acknowledge that any arguments, including Van den Haag's, supporting the death penalty in terms of its deterrent effect seem to presuppose a causal relationship between the existence of the death penalty and people not killing others.
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The key features of the argument on supporting the death penalty developed by Ernest Van Den Haag first focuses on matters of mal-distribution and determining if an individual really deserves it, second the miscarriages of justice, third if the death penalty is a better deterrence than other punishments, fourth the incidental issues that the ...
The recent book, The Death Penalty: A Debate, in which van den Haag argues for the death penalty and John P. Conrad argues against, proves how difficult it is to mount a telling argument against capital punish-ment.2 Conrad contends, for example, that "To kill the offender [who has
I will argue that in responding to Van den Haag's positions for the death penalty, Turrow would more strongly object to the argument that rests on its justice on opposed to its value as deterrent. I will then consider the merit of the arguments on both sides with regards to justice, eventually concluding that Turrow's points are most ...
tion. It is not the penalty-whether death or prison--which is unjust when inflicted on the innocent, but its imposition on the innocent. In-equity between poor and rich also involves distribu-tion, not the penalty distributed.4 Thus injustice is not an objection to the death penalty but to the distributive process-the trial.
Both Conrad and van den Haag consider the death penalty in the light of the purposes of any type of punishment. The first is "retribution," espoused particularly by Conrad. Apparently it means that the penalty should deprive the wrongdoer of the benefit of his crime and express society's disapproval of his conduct. The death penalty ...
On the limitations allegedly imposed by the lex talionis, see Reiman Justice, Civilization and the Death Penalty: Answering van den Haag, 14 Phil. & Pub. Aff. 115, 119-34 (1985).
By Ernest Van Den Hagg, Published on 01/01/69. Home; Search; ... On Deterrence and the Death Penalty . Authors. Ernest Van Den Hagg. Recommended Citation. Ernest Van Den Hagg, On Deterrence and the Death Penalty , 60 J. C rim. L. & C riminology 141 (1969). ... Most Popular Papers
One staunch proponent of the death penalty is the philosopher Ernest Van den Haag who has argued that if it could be shown that "some" potential murderers are deterred by the thought of the "ultimate" penalty this would make the death penalty "worth it." 16 This strikes me as more of an appeal to common assumptions about what should ...
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As I approach my conclusion, I will propose two problems with Van den Haag's argument. First, I want to acknowledge that any arguments, including Van den Haag's, supporting the death penalty in terms of its deterrent effect seem to presuppose a causal relationship between the existence of the death penalty and people not killing others.