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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 12:00 pm
(August 3, 2022 at 8:37 am)Macoleco Wrote:
(August 3, 2022 at 8:13 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 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?

All victims are innocent (that’s what the word means). 

One does not ‘receive’ a transgression.

But you’re proving my point - to kill a murderer because (and only because) they committed a murder is an act of revenge. We don’t steal property from thieves, we don’t burn down the homes of arsonists, and we don’t sexually assault rapists. Why should we kill murderers?

Boru
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RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 3, 2022 at 12:00 pm

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