{"product_id":"against-capital-punishment-hardcover","title":"Against Capital Punishment - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin S. Yost\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe specter of procedural injustice motivates many popular and scholarly objections to capital punishment. So-called proceduralist arguments against the death penalty are attractive to death penalty abolitionists because they sidestep the controversies that bedevil moral critiques of execution. Proceduralists do not shoulder the burden of demonstrating that heinous murderers deserve a punishment less than death. However, proceduralist arguments often pay insufficient attention to the importance of punishment; many imply the highly contentious claim that no type of criminal sanction is legitimate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAgainst Capital Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e, Benjamin S. Yost revitalizes the core of proceduralism both by examining the connection between procedural injustice and the impermissibility of capital punishment and by offering a comprehensive argument of his own which confronts proceduralism's most significant shortcomings. Yost is the first author to develop and defend the irrevocability argument against capital punishment, demonstrating that the irremediability of execution renders capital punishment impermissible. His contention is not that the act of execution is immoral, but rather that the possibility of irrevocable mistakes precludes the just administration of the death penalty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShoring up proceduralist arguments for the abolition of the death penalty, \u003cem\u003eAgainst Capital Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e carries with it implications not only for the continued use of the death penalty in the criminal justice system, but also for the structure and integrity of the system as a whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin S. Yost\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and has previously taught at Harvard University and Cornell University. His specializations include the philosophy of punishment and Kant's practical philosophy, with his published work appearing in journals such as \u003cem\u003eUtilitas, Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Kantian Review, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eContinental Philosophy Review\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eHe is currently co-editing a volume entitled \u003cem\u003ePhilosophers on the Movement for Black Lives\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753910567200,"sku":"9780190901165","price":196.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ed6266bf0ac987f08c904c3a2a08c3e1.webp?v=1780029382","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/against-capital-punishment-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}