- Title Pages
- Other Books by George Anastaplo
- Dedication
- Preface
-
1 . On Understanding the Others -
2 . Life and Not-Life in Thucydides’ Funeral Oration -
3 . Death and Resurrection in Euripides’ Bacchae -
4 . Resurrection and Death in Everyman -
5 . John Milton and the Limits of the Garden of Eden -
6 . Human Mortality and the Declaration of Independence -
7 . Time and the Constitution -
8 . Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the Modern Project -
9 . Public Health and Private Consciences -
10 . The Flag Salute Cases (1940, 1943) -
11 . Conscientious Objectors and Military Conscription -
12 . Obliteration Bombing, Civilian Casualties, and the Laws of War -
13 . Do All Somehow Aim at the Good? -
1 . Shakespeare’s Hamlet and the Elusiveness of the Good -
2 . Unconventional Religious Duties and the Good Life -
3 . Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and the Prevention of Conception -
4 . Roe v. Wade (1973) and the Law of Abortion -
5 Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) and the Persistence of the Abortion Issue -
6 . Capital Punishment and the United States Supreme Court -
7 . Capital Punishment Reconsidered -
8 Nancy Cruzan and “The Right to Die” -
9 . Washington v. Glucksberg (1997) and Assisted Suicide -
10 The Legislation of Morality and the Problem of Pain -
11 . Evolution and the Law -
12 . Life and Death in Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address -
13 . The Unseemly Fearfulness of Our Time -
Appendix A The Declaration of Independence (1776) -
Appendix B The United States Constitution (1787) -
Appendix C The Amendments to the United States Constitution (1791–1992) -
Appendix D Pericles, The Funeral Address (431 B.C.E.) -
Appendix E On Death and Dying: Ancient, Christian, and Modern -
Appendix F Patrick Henry, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death (1775) -
Appendix G Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address (1863) -
Appendix H George Anastaplo, on the Ultron and the Foundations of Things (1974) -
Appendix I Life, Death, and the Systematic Perversions of Law (2000) -
Appendix J Cases and Other Materials Drawn On - [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- Index
- About the Author
. Capital Punishment and the United States Supreme Court
. Capital Punishment and the United States Supreme Court
- Chapter:
- (p.138) 6. Capital Punishment and the United States Supreme Court
- Source:
- Reflections on Life, Death, and the Constitution
- Author(s):
George Anastaplo
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
This chapter discusses the arguments on capital punishment. It notes that the conscientious opponent of capital punishment today does not readily confront the problem implicit in the fact that thoughtful men and women had, for millennia, regarded it as not only permissible but even necessary. It further notes that there have always been protests against particular death sentences that were believed to be unjust. It provides that in those instances the challenge might have been as to the guilt of the person condemned.
Keywords: capital punishment, United States Supreme Court, protests, death sentences, unjust, guilt
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- Title Pages
- Other Books by George Anastaplo
- Dedication
- Preface
-
1 . On Understanding the Others -
2 . Life and Not-Life in Thucydides’ Funeral Oration -
3 . Death and Resurrection in Euripides’ Bacchae -
4 . Resurrection and Death in Everyman -
5 . John Milton and the Limits of the Garden of Eden -
6 . Human Mortality and the Declaration of Independence -
7 . Time and the Constitution -
8 . Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the Modern Project -
9 . Public Health and Private Consciences -
10 . The Flag Salute Cases (1940, 1943) -
11 . Conscientious Objectors and Military Conscription -
12 . Obliteration Bombing, Civilian Casualties, and the Laws of War -
13 . Do All Somehow Aim at the Good? -
1 . Shakespeare’s Hamlet and the Elusiveness of the Good -
2 . Unconventional Religious Duties and the Good Life -
3 . Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and the Prevention of Conception -
4 . Roe v. Wade (1973) and the Law of Abortion -
5 Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) and the Persistence of the Abortion Issue -
6 . Capital Punishment and the United States Supreme Court -
7 . Capital Punishment Reconsidered -
8 Nancy Cruzan and “The Right to Die” -
9 . Washington v. Glucksberg (1997) and Assisted Suicide -
10 The Legislation of Morality and the Problem of Pain -
11 . Evolution and the Law -
12 . Life and Death in Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address -
13 . The Unseemly Fearfulness of Our Time -
Appendix A The Declaration of Independence (1776) -
Appendix B The United States Constitution (1787) -
Appendix C The Amendments to the United States Constitution (1791–1992) -
Appendix D Pericles, The Funeral Address (431 B.C.E.) -
Appendix E On Death and Dying: Ancient, Christian, and Modern -
Appendix F Patrick Henry, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death (1775) -
Appendix G Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address (1863) -
Appendix H George Anastaplo, on the Ultron and the Foundations of Things (1974) -
Appendix I Life, Death, and the Systematic Perversions of Law (2000) -
Appendix J Cases and Other Materials Drawn On - [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- Index
- About the Author
