Honor on Death Row

Prison's second death row.

"Death is different": limiting health care for death row inmates.

Religious Coping Mechanisms Among Death Row Inmates

During their stay on death row, inmates have an abundance of free time with which they need to fill. Many inmates will turn to religion in order to preoccupy themselves. This research project set out to analyze the nature of religious coping among death row inmates. I propose that an inmate who is actively involved with their religion while coping will be able to cope with the social setting of...

Nietzsche on Honor and Empathy

Moral philosophers like Martha Nussbaum, Philippa Foot, and Michael Weber argue for what I call the “Neo-Stoic Reading” of Nietzsche, which includes two claims: first, Nietzsche allegedly recommends the relentless pursuit of self-interest at the expense of other persons; second, he denies empathy any major role in the ethical life. I will argue that the Neo-Stoic view misses an important unifyi...

Honor to Whom Honor Is Due

It was owing in a great measure to an Indian surgeon's (Sir Eanald Martin's) efforts that the Order of the Bath was iirst conferred on British army surgeons, yet how few of Sir Ranald's brethren in India have received it, and how still fewer have been thought worthy of the Indian Order! Wo frequently see wealthy Parsees, and chiefs of doubtful fidelity, receiving the Star of India, while it is ...