Abstract
May a judge without moral guilt condemn to death a person he knows to be innocent of the crime for which he is condemned? May an executioner without moral guilt put to death a person he knows to be innocent? The answer of St. Thomas Aquinas to both of these serious moral questions is a qualified “Yes.” I propose to examine his answer, its relation to his view of the person, and the relation of his answer to modern Thomistic personalism.
Recommended Citation
Noonan, John T. Jr.
(1975)
"Masked Men: Person and Persona in the Giving of Justice,"
University of Dayton Review: Vol. 12:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/udr/vol12/iss1/5
