Reflections on the Guillotine
"Reflections on the Guillotine" is an extended essay written in 1957 by Albert Camus. In the essay Camus takes an uncompromising position for the abolition of the death penalty. Camus's view is similar to that of Cesare Beccaria and the Marquis de Sade, the latter having also argued that murder premeditated and carried out by the state was the worst kind. Camus states that he does not base his argument on sympathy for the convicted but on logical grounds and on proven statistics. Camus also argues that capital punishment is an easy option for the government where remedy and reform may be possible.
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Reflections on the Guillotine
"Reflections on the Guillotine" is an extended essay written in 1957 by Albert Camus. In the essay Camus takes an uncompromising position for the abolition of the death penalty. Camus's view is similar to that of Cesare Beccaria and the Marquis de Sade, the latter having also argued that murder premeditated and carried out by the state was the worst kind. Camus states that he does not base his argument on sympathy for the convicted but on logical grounds and on proven statistics. Camus also argues that capital punishment is an easy option for the government where remedy and reform may be possible.
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"Reflections on the Guillotine ...... dy and reform may be possible.
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Réflexions sur la guillotine e ...... n France de Jean Bloch-Michel.
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《思索死刑》(法语:Réflexions sur la gu ...... 点不是基于对被定罪者的同情,而是基于逻辑和经证实的统计数字。
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"Reflections on the Guillotine ...... dy and reform may be possible.
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Réflexions sur la guillotine e ...... n France de Jean Bloch-Michel.
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《思索死刑》(法语:Réflexions sur la gu ...... 点不是基于对被定罪者的同情,而是基于逻辑和经证实的统计数字。
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Réflexions sur la guillotine
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思索死刑
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