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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 1:49 pm
(August 3, 2022 at 1:26 pm)Jehanne Wrote:
(August 3, 2022 at 6:47 am)Macoleco Wrote: Would you elaborate further? What is the reasoning behind Nazi criminals not being executed?

Death is annihilation, and so, an execution, once completed, is no longer punishment.  If you want to punish murderers, leave them in prison.
I get your point. But in the Nuremberg trials, the Nazis who commited the worse crimes were the ones executed. Rest were imprisoned. Ending someone's life is considered a greater punishment than imprisonment, at least socially.
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RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war? - by Macoleco - August 3, 2022 at 1:49 pm

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