Punishment Tagged Episodes

The Examined Year: 2024

December 29, 2024

What happened over the past year that challenged our assumptions and made us think about…

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Philosophy Behind Bars

August 18, 2019

In 1994, Congress eliminated federal funding for college education in prisons. It was, they argued,…

Inmates and a female instructor participate in a prison philosophy class.

The Ethics of Torture

March 18, 2012

According to former Vice President Cheney, practices widely regarded as torture prevented further attack on…

Empty chair in dimly lit room, single lightbulb overhead. Ethics of torture.

Capital Punishment

April 26, 2009

The death penalty: An effective deterrent? A just retribution for horrendous crimes? Or a racist,…

Bloody handprint graphic; text reads "The Death Penalty makes killers of us.

The Insanity Defense

February 17, 2004

Ken and John debate (use?) the insanity defense. What difference does it make if the…

Man in straitjacket, seated in padded cell, illustrating the insanity defense.

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