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Executing Justice

The Moral Meaning of the Death Penalty

By: Lloyd H. Steffen

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Executing Justice

The Moral Meaning of the Death Penalty

By: Lloyd H. Steffen

This compelling book incisively analyzes every philosophical and humanitarian argument about the death penalty. It is a searching study of the ultimate invalidity of all the arguments advanced to justify the ultimate power of the state. The last chapter . . . is a powerful treatment of the reasons why Christianity must logically be opposed to the death penalty. No one is entitled to be heard in the fractious debate about the death penalty until that person has pondered the material discussed in this indispensable book. -- Robert F. Drinan, SJ, Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center Lloyd Steffen has powerfully explored the moral reasoning of the death penalty. By utilizing the case of Willie Darden, he brings an abstract argument home on a personal level. Finally he poses what this means for those of us who are Christians. What will be your answer? This book provides an excellent consideration of all the available options. -- Rev. Joseph B. Ingle, Nobel Peace Prize nominee for his ministry to persons on death row We have, by now, a shelf of books that offer empirical, constitutional, or political discussions of the death penalty. What we don't have is a comprehensive, accessible, and persuasive evaluation of the death penalty in our society from the moral point of view. Thanks to Lloyd Steffen's new book, that need has been met. He enables us to see in patient detail just how difficult -- if he is right, how impossible -- it is to defend the death penalty on moral grounds. May his argument reach and persuade many! -- Hugo Adam Bedau, editor of The Death Penalty in America: Current Controversies There is no moral, legal, or ethical justification for the death penalty, and Executing Justice makes this abundantly clear. Steffen makes a compelling case that America can lift itself into the league of nations that long ago abandoned this barbaric practice. -- Morris Dees, cofounder and chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725216272

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9781725216273

The Ethics of Death

By: Lloyd H. Steffen,Dennis R. Cooley

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The Ethics of Death

By: Lloyd H. Steffen,Dennis R. Cooley

For the living, death has a moral dimension. When we confront death and dying in our own lives and in the lives of others, we ask questions about the good, right, and fitting as they relate to our experiences of human mortality. When others die, the living are left with moral questions--questions that often generate personal inquiry as to whether a particular death was "good" or whether it was tragic, terrifying, or peaceful. In The Ethics of Death, the authors, one a philosopher and one a religious studies scholar, undertake an examination of the deaths that we experience as members of a larger moral community. Their respectful and engaging dialogue highlights the complex and challenging issues that surround many deaths in our modern world and helps readers frame thoughtful responses. Unafraid of difficult topics, Steffen and Cooley fully engage suicide, physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, capital punishment, abortion, and war as areas of life where death poses moral challenges." -- Publisher's description.

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Augsburg Fortress Publishers

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080069919X

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9780800699192

Ethics and Experience

Moral Theory from Just War to Abortion

By: Lloyd H. Steffen

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Ethics and Experience

Moral Theory from Just War to Abortion

By: Lloyd H. Steffen

Moral Theory: An Introduction, by Mark Timmons-cloth, R&L 2001, $93.00, 242 pg., 206 net sales ($12,041 net revenue)-paper, R&L 2001, $29.95, 256 pg., 9548 net sales ($185,449 net revenue)Moral Wisdom: Lessons and Texts from the Catholic Tradition, by James F. Keenan, SJ-1e cloth, S&W 2004, $75.00, 208 pg., 216 net sales ($9129 net revenue)-1e paper, S&W 2004, $24.95, 208 pg., 3416 net sales ($42,207 net revenue)-2e cloth, R&L 2010, $75.00, 200 pg., 70 net sales ($4093 net revenue)-2e paper, R&L 2010, $24.95, 200 pg., 1708 net sales ($34,931 net revenue)Happiness and the Christian Moral Life: An Introduction to Christian Ethics, by Paul Wadell-1e cloth, R&L 2007, $79.00, 274 pg., 87 net sales ($4746 net revnue)-1e paper, R&L 2007, $29.95, 274 pg., 2727 net sales ($63,228 net revenue)-2e paper, R&L 2/2012, $29.95, 308 pg.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442216549

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Holy War, Just War

Exploring the Moral Meaning of Religious Violence

By: Lloyd H. Steffen

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Holy War, Just War

Exploring the Moral Meaning of Religious Violence

By: Lloyd H. Steffen

Holy War, Just War explores the "dark side" in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism by examining how the concept of ultimate value contributes to religious violence. The book states that religion has within its own conceptual tools the resources to understand its own dark side and that religious people must subject their religion to a moral vision of goodness and constrain those parts that make for violence and hatred.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742558487

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9780742558489

Life Choice: The Theory of Just Abortion

The Theory of Just Abortion

By: Lloyd H. Steffen

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Life Choice: The Theory of Just Abortion

The Theory of Just Abortion

By: Lloyd H. Steffen

Is abortion murder or is abortion a choice? An issue which has divided America both politically and religiously, the abortion debate has built opposing walls that make compromise seem impossible. Lloyd Steffen uses compassionate insight and wisdom in analyzing both sides of the abortion debate, and offers a unique platform by which all are invited to reason together.

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1579102565

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Book's by Lloyd H. Steffen

Executing Justice

Executing Justice

The Ethics of Death

The Ethics of Death

Ethics and Experience

Ethics and Experience

Holy War, Just War

Holy War, Just War

Life Choice: The Theory of Just Abortion

Life Choice: The Theory of Just Abortion

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