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Saturday, May 26, 2007
Killing Tyrants and the Death Penalty
Check out Michael Walzer's provocative little article in the current Dissent, "Killing Tyrants." The core question it asks is whether you can be against the dealth penalty and for the execution of tyrants. The rumination leads to an affirmative answer (sort of).
Posted by Ethan Leib on May 26, 2007 at 12:26 PM in Article Spotlight | Permalink
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huh? how is locking up a tyrant not an alternative to killing that tyrant?
Posted by: anon | May 28, 2007 9:31:26 PM
Killing tyrants is for the purpose of national security....executing criminals is a hard alternative to keeping them locked up.
Posted by: Artorios | May 26, 2007 9:08:47 PM
Yes, and some people call themselves vegetarians and eat chicken and fish. Go figure.
Posted by: Patrick S. O'Donnell | May 26, 2007 2:48:56 PM
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