Filozoficzne aspekty kary śmierci

Dariusz Marczyński

Published: 2018-09-141

1994

Philosophical Aspects of the Death Penalty

Dariusz Marczyński

Abstract

The question if maintaining the death penalty is legally justified stili gives rise to doubts, especially among lawyers, philosophers, and educationists. For years, there have been numerous discussions concerning the problem of its presence in the codes of laws.

This paper is aimed at answering the question if sentencing man to death is equal to punishing a law-breaker. The author attempts to do it basing on a detailed analysis of psychological and philosophical literature, particularly on the writings of A. Kępiński.

Different interpretations of the human death phenomenon that exist in philosophical literature, as well as various outlooks on life that function in a human mind, influence the feelings of fear present among people sentenced to death. Due to this fact, the death penalty may be perceived as unjust and groundless.

Keywords:

Antoni Kępiński, punishment of death, fear, ethical, psychology, death

Philosophical Aspects of the Death Penalty

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