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Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?

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Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?
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RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?
August 3, 2022 at 8:37 am
(August 3, 2022 at 8:13 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(August 3, 2022 at 6:47 am)Macoleco Wrote: Would you elaborate further? What is the reasoning behind Nazi criminals not being executed?

Happy to.

As an atheist, I necessarily oppose infinite punishments for finite transgressions. Nazi war crimes, as horrific as they were, were finite.

Additionally, capital punishment does nothing to solve Nazism (Nazis are thriving even now). It’s not justice, it’s revenge.

Boru

The victims might have been finite, but did not they receive an infinite transgression?
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RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war? - by Macoleco - August 3, 2022 at 8:37 am

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