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Christian Witness, Moral Anthropology, And The Death Penalty, Richard W. Garnett
Christian Witness, Moral Anthropology, And The Death Penalty, Richard W. Garnett
Richard W Garnett
In this essay, I consider - in the context of our ongoing debates about capital punishment - the question, what role ought religious beliefs play in a pluralistic democratic society that often presumes strict boundaries between matters of private faith and political life? I suggest, first, that we should resist the imposition of such strict boundaries between matters of private faith and political life and, second, that in the context of our public arguments about the death penalty, engaged Christians should not merely to baptize the policy analyses and preferences of abolitionist or other interest groups, but should instead propose …
Whom Should A Catholic University Honor?: "Speaking" With Integrity, Richard W. Garnett
Whom Should A Catholic University Honor?: "Speaking" With Integrity, Richard W. Garnett
Richard W Garnett
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Why Informed Consent? Human Experimentation And The Ethics Of Autonomy, Richard W. Garnett
Why Informed Consent? Human Experimentation And The Ethics Of Autonomy, Richard W. Garnett
Richard W Garnett
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Sectarian Reflections On Lawyers' Ethics And Death-Row Volunteers, Richard W. Garnett
Sectarian Reflections On Lawyers' Ethics And Death-Row Volunteers, Richard W. Garnett
Richard W Garnett
What should lawyers think about and respond to death-row volunteers? When a defendant accused of a capital crime attempts to plead guilty, or instructs his lawyer not to present a particular defense; when a convicted killer refuses to permit the introduction of potentially life-saving mitigating evidence - or even urges the jury to impose a death sentence - at the sentencing phase of a death-eligible case; when a condemned inmate refuses to file, or to appeal the denial of, habeas corpus and other post-conviction petitions for relief; when he elects not to object to a particular capital-punishment method, to call …