ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 26, 2019 Buddhism and Capital Punishment: A Revisitation Martin Kovan University of Melbourne The first Buddhist precept prohibits the intentional, even sanctioned, taking of life. However, capital punishment remains legal, and even increasingly applied, in some culturally Buddhist polities and beyond them. The classical Buddhist norm of unconditional compassion as a counterforce … Continue reading Buddhism and Capital Punishment: A Revisitation