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Arguments surrounding the issues of the death penalty and punishment, welfare and social justice, rage in academic debate and in the editorial pages of newspapers around the world. This book examines these two contemporary political issues in the context of the ongoing philosophical debates regarding the nature of justice, equality and freedom. It explores the relationship between the capital punishment debate and philosophical theories of punishment and examines the issues raised by welfare reform in the context of philosophical concepts of distributive justice and property.Corey Lang Brettschneider is the author of 'Punishment, Property and Justice: Philosophical Foundations of the Death Penalty and Welfare Controversies (Law, Justice & Power)' with ISBN 9780754620648 and ISBN 0754620646.
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