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The Blowtorch and the Butterfly: Deconstructing Death Penalty Ethics by Dennis E. Curry
Dennis E. Curry examines the ethical contradictions surrounding the death penalty, showing how political ambition, procedural failures, and experimental execution methods expose deep moral flaws in state-sanctioned killing.
Read this article and find accompanying references at:
https://secularhumanism.org/2025/11/the-blowtorch-and-the-butterfly-deconstructing-death-penalty-ethics/
About the Author: Dennis E. Curry, MD, is a writer, political commentator, and resident physician in psychiatry practicing in Canada. Subscribe to his newsletter at: https://denniscurry.substack.com/.
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Free Inquiry Audio Edition is a production of The Council for Secular Humanism and the Center for Inquiry
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By Center for InquiryDennis E. Curry examines the ethical contradictions surrounding the death penalty, showing how political ambition, procedural failures, and experimental execution methods expose deep moral flaws in state-sanctioned killing.
Read this article and find accompanying references at:
https://secularhumanism.org/2025/11/the-blowtorch-and-the-butterfly-deconstructing-death-penalty-ethics/
About the Author: Dennis E. Curry, MD, is a writer, political commentator, and resident physician in psychiatry practicing in Canada. Subscribe to his newsletter at: https://denniscurry.substack.com/.
Subscribe to Free Inquiry: https://secularhumanism.org/subscribe/
Free Inquiry Audio Edition is a production of The Council for Secular Humanism and the Center for Inquiry