As Judge Sotomayor Declines Views on Abortion, its Consequences are Examined in a New Book

July 10, 2009 - PRLog -- Abortion, Execution, and the Consequences of Taking Life focuses on the relationship between public morality and personal action in the American political community. It emphasizes the responsibilities of citizens and government to find and confirm truth, looking to specific sources: religious scripture and empirical events. Recognizing that we have a natural preference for distraction and distance from both sources of truth, Slack uses qualitative, open-ended interviews and direct observation to uncover the intimate consequences of life-taking in open societies.

"James Slack has written a brilliant book. Moving effortlessly all the way from conceptually sophisticated political theology to the gritty details of prison existence, he shows that life can be taken in several ways and makes a powerful and compelling case against abortion and capital punishment, and makes a powerful and compelling case in favor of life imprisonment without parole," says Murray Jardine, professor at Auburn University.

This book presumes a theocentric foundation envisioned by the American Founders.  It explores the model’s first source of truth, biblical scripture, as it applies to the public actions of murder, abortion, and capital punishment. Then it investigates the intimate reality of these acts. These realities are examined in a variety of settings, resulting in a mosaic pattern of public action about capital punishment and abortion. Slack underscores the importance of government’s role of providing outward justice, as well as the citizen's responsibility to be supportive of government tasks in order to reconcile the reality of life-taking with the moral compass professed in the American political community.

About the Author:
James D. Slack is a professor in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Much of his thinking and research focuses on theocentric phenomenology as it applies to the American political community and the American public service. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and books including HIV/AIDS and the Public Workplace, Managing Local Government, and U.S. Educational Groups.

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