Resist Not Evil by Clarence Darrow (1857 – 1938)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Essays & Short Works, Law
Read by: Martha H. Weller in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 – 00 – Preface
00:02:35 – 01 – Chapter 1. The Nature of the State
00:13:18 – 02 – Chapter 2. Armies and Navies
00:29:16 – 03 – Chapter 3. The Purpose of Armies
00:38:22 – 04 – Chapter 4. Civil Government
00:51:16 – 05 – Chapter 5. Theory of Crime and Punishment
01:00:07 – 06 – Chapter 6. Remedial Effects of Punishment
01:21:37 – 07 – Chapter 7. Cause of Crime
01:39:50 – 08 – Chapter 8. The Proper Treatment of Crime
01:46:14 – 09 – Chapter 9. Impossibility of Just Judgment
01:56:13 – 10 – Chapter 10. The Judge of the Criminal
02:02:56 – 11 – Chapter 11. The Measure of Punishment
02:20:14 – 12 – Chapter 12. Who Deserves Punishment
02:25:11 – 13 – Chapter 13. Natural Law and Conduct
02:36:31 – 14 – Chapter 14. Rules Governing Penal Codes and Their Victims
02:49:22 – 15 – Chapter 15. The Machinery of Justice
03:04:11 – 16 – Chapter 16. The Right Treatment of Violence
Clarence Darrow, perhaps best known as the defense attorney for John Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, had a long career defending controversial cases and advocating for social justice. His experiences working within the justice system led him to question its underlying precepts. He held that punishment, with its associated violence and cruelty and no consideration of the circumstances of the so-called criminal, only serves to perpetuate human misery and does nothing to lessen crime. This work, Resist Not Evil, outlines in high oratory and irrefutable logic the flaws in the justice system. The title refers to the bible verse Matthew 5:39 where Jesus instructs his followers to not retaliate against those who wrong them, but to respond with love and forgiveness, even if it means more suffering. – Summary by M. Weller
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