Description
CJAD 345
Research Paper Topic
Ethics of Capital Punishment
Instructions:
Submit your finalized research paper to the appropriate dropbox. Your topic was previously selected and indicated in a Week 2 discussion. You are expected to write professionally with correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar, developing your topic and providing solid examples from our readings, your own research, or your own experiences to back up your statements.
Your research paper should be double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman or Cambria font, with 1-inch margins all around. When citing resources, you must adhere strictly to APA style (all papers must include a title page and reference page, although you will not be required to provide an abstract). The paper must have a minimum of 8 full double-spaced pages of meaningful discussion (title page and reference page do not count as part of the 8 pages). The paper must include a minimum of 6 references (outside of the course text), with at least two references from peer-reviewed academic journals (peer-reviewed references should be highlighted in bold type in the reference list). You must not to write in first person. All papers must be in a .doc, .pdf, or .rtf format.
Explanation & Answer
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Running Head: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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Capital Punishment
Institutional Affiliation
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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Among the most violent forms of law enforcement, capital punishment is considered to
be harsher than anything else, which introduces the objections around it. The social and legal
moral perspective places a high value on human life and does not find any appropriate instance
to take it away. Death sentence remains to be a conflicted topic with deontology and
utilitarianism taking opposite sides of the matter to explain this concept. Exposed statistics on the
flaws of the justice system makes capital punishment sound like a cover-up for ineffective
strategies in place. The paper describes the perspectives surrounding the death sentence and how
this matter presents an ethical side of the mater.
The General Value of Human Life
Right to live
Ethical Theories Connected to Capital Punishment
Deontology Theory and Capital Punishment
Utilitarianism
Ethical issues to consider under the capital offense
Execution of the innocent
Retribution is morally wrong and unconstitutional.
The functionality of the death sentence
Increasing brutalization to society
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
References
Aronson. J, & Cole. S, (2009). Science and the Death Penalty: DNA, Innocence, and the Debate
over Capital Punishment in the United States. Law & Social Inquiry 34.3: 603-633. Print.
BBC (2014). Arguments against capital punishment. Retrieved on April 21 2020 from,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/capitalpunishment/against_1.shtml
Brugger, C. (2004). Aquinas and capital punishment: The plausibility of the traditional
argument. Notre Dame JL Ethics & Pub. Pol'y, 18, 357.
Kirchgassner. G, (2011). Econometric Estimates of Deterrence of the Death Penalty: Facts or
Ideology? Kyklos 64.3: 448-478. Web.
Pollack, J. (2019) Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice. 10th Ed. Cengage
Learning
Steiker, C. (2011). The death penalty and deontology. In The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of
Criminal Law.
Walker, N. (2005). How the malfunctioning death penalty challenges the criminal justice
system. Judicature, 89, 265.
Running Head: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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Capital Punishment
Institutional Affiliation
Date
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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Among the most violent forms of law enforcement, capital punishment is considered to
be harsher than anything else, which introduces the objections around it. The social and legal
moral perspective places a high value on human life and does not find any appropriate instance
to take it away. Death sentence remains to be a conflicted topic with deontology and
utilitarianism taking opposite sides of the matter to explain this concept. Exposed statistics on the
flaws of the justice system makes capital punishment sound like a cover-up for ineffective
strategies in place. The paper describes the perspectives surrounding the death sentence and how
this matter presents an ethical side of the mater.
The General Value of Human Life
The value of life cannot be underestimated, and it is considered necessary for everyone.
Most individuals want the wrongdoers to be punished, but it gets emotional when death is
mentioned as one of these options. Those with opinions against capital punishment place a
valuable connection to human life even if it touches the worst offenders, including murderers. No
one deserves to be deprived of their right to regardless of the kind of crime they commit (Steiker,
2011). Life is the most precious gift that every individual was given, and they are entitled to
holding it for as long as they can. When people are engaged in wrongful conduct, they get
different kinds of punishments according to the l...