Historia rozwoju kary śmierci na przestrzeni wieków w wybranych koncepcjach filozoficznych
History Development Capital Punishment Turn Century Selected Philosophical Concepts

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the attitude of society towards capital punishment during different historical periods and describes the development of philosophical and moral thought regarding the death penalty. Presented terse overview of views on the death penalty in the history of Christian thought. Furthermore, the paper details the most important arguments of the abolitionists and discusses the traditional movement in the philosophy of capital punishment called retentionism (rigorism). It presents basic arguments of the rigorists (supporters of the death penalty) which are in opposition to the arguments of the abolitionists.

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