The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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... murder suggests killing someone " just a little . ” 1 If , on the other hand , execution and life imprisonment are judged too severe and the accused is expected to be harmless hereafter - punishment being ruled out as illiberal - what ...
... murder suggests killing someone " just a little . ” 1 If , on the other hand , execution and life imprisonment are judged too severe and the accused is expected to be harmless hereafter - punishment being ruled out as illiberal - what ...
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... murder of the victim by the death of the murderer . But beheading is not simply death . It is just as different , in essence , from the privation of life as a concentration camp is from prison . It is a murder , to be sure , and one ...
... murder of the victim by the death of the murderer . But beheading is not simply death . It is just as different , in essence , from the privation of life as a concentration camp is from prison . It is a murder , to be sure , and one ...
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... murder is almost always right . Probably they would go on to say that this particular sort of killing should not be called ' murder ' . They would define ' murder ' as ' unjustifiable homicide ' . In that case , the precept that murder ...
... murder is almost always right . Probably they would go on to say that this particular sort of killing should not be called ' murder ' . They would define ' murder ' as ' unjustifiable homicide ' . In that case , the precept that murder ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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