Dale Jacquette is Senior Professorial Chair in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Jacquette has held the Fulbright Distinguished Lecture Chair at the University of Venice, Italy and is the author and editor of over twenty books on philosophy in diverse areas of mind, language, logic, mathematics, ethics, and for the introductory student of philosophy as well.

Books discussing the death penalty now flood the bookstalls. Most, of course, are devoted to criticizing it; few come to its defense. With one or two exceptions virtually none attempts to explore both sides. Dale Jacquette's contribution is all the more admirable for doing just that-and doing it carefully, fairly, and boldly.

• Chapter 1 Day One: Matters of Life and DeathChapter 2 Day Two: Justice and CompassionChapter 3 Day Three: Conditional versus Unconditional Right to Life

Dale Jacquette is Senior Professorial Chair in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Jacquette has held the Fulbright Distinguished Lecture Chair at the University of Venice, Italy and is the author and editor of over twenty books on philosophy in diverse areas of mind, language, logic, mathematics, ethics, and for the introductory student of philosophy as well.

Books discussing the death penalty now flood the bookstalls. Most, of course, are devoted to criticizing it; few come to its defense. With one or two exceptions virtually none attempts to explore both sides. Dale Jacquette's contribution is all the more admirable for doing just that-and doing it carefully, fairly, and boldly.

• Chapter 1 Day One: Matters of Life and DeathChapter 2 Day Two: Justice and CompassionChapter 3 Day Three: Conditional versus Unconditional Right to Life