Please continue reading the Oresteia by reading the last play, The Eumenides. In class, we’ll talk about: capital punishment (review both articles, and the lists of mitigating/aggravating circumstances I provided on Thursday). Other resources/optional reading: “The State Without an Executioner” by R.R. Reno on the First Things blog. This essay evaluates some religious perspectives on [...]
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Reading assignment for Tuesday, Feb. 24th
Posted in reading assignments, tagged capital punishment, Eumenides, Furies, Jaeger, Oresteia on February 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Reading assignment for Thursday, Feb. 19th
Posted in reading assignments, tagged capital punishment, Nathanson, van den Haag on February 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For our discussion on Thursday we will get into the thorny topic of capital punishment. Please read these two opposing essays: “The Ultimate Punishment: A Defense.” In Harvard Law Review 99: 1662-9, by Ernest van den Haag, one of the foremost proponents of capital punishment of the last generation. He grew-up a left-wing radical in [...]
