By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Feser EdwardPaperback
By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Feser EdwardPaperback The Catholic Church has in recent decades been associated with political efforts to eliminate the death…
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By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment Feser EdwardPaperback
The Catholic Church has in recent decades been associated with political efforts to eliminate the death penalty. This timely work reviews and explains the Catholic Tradition regarding the death penalty, demonstrating that it is not inherently evil and that it can be reserved as a just form of punishment in certain cases.Drawing upon a wealth of philosophical, scriptural, theological, and social scientific arguments, the authors explain the perennial teaching of the Church that capital punishment can in principle be legitimate--not only to protect society from immediate physical danger, but also to administer retributive justice and to deter capital crimes. It was not always so.
They reaffirm that Catholics may, in good conscience, The authors also show how some recent statements of Church leaders in opposition to the death penalty are prudential judgments rather than dogma.