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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 12:18 pm
(August 3, 2022 at 12:00 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(August 3, 2022 at 8:37 am)Macoleco Wrote: 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

Because we can' t ship them off to Australia anymore??
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RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war? - by onlinebiker - August 3, 2022 at 12:18 pm

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