The Death Penalty, Justice or Vengence?
A conversation on the the morality of Capital Punishment.
Thomas Fleming
Thomas Fleming is president of the Fleming Foundation. He is the author of six books, including The Morality of Everyday Life and The Politics of Human Nature, as well as many articles and columns for newspapers, magazines,and learned journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a B.A. in Greek from the College of Charleston. He served as editor of Chronicles: a Magazine of American Culture from 1984 to 2015 and president of The Rockford Institute from 1997-2014. In a previous life he taught classics at several colleges and served as a school headmaster in South Carolina
Excellent discussion. Thanks to Mr. Scott for the Jethro Tull at the end.
Dr. Fleming, Great talk. Given what you’ve said here on the evident need in a death penalty I wonder how to apply that to the so called War on Drugs or drug problem. So many of our crimes seem drug related. It makes me wonder if drug dealers (hard drugs, heroin, cocaine) at some point deserve the death penalty. These drugged ppl often murder and rape.