RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?
August 6, 2022 at 8:37 pm
(This post was last modified: August 6, 2022 at 8:41 pm by bennyboy.)
(August 6, 2022 at 5:03 pm)Helios Wrote: The Death Penalty
- Has never been an effective deterrent against crime.
-Has no moral basis outside of emotional wraith.
-Is not economical as it costs more overall.
-Is a solution to reoffense in the same way as taking a flamethrower to your lawn is a solution to dandelions.
There is a reason most Western nations have stopped doing it, particularly nations with low crime rates.
No moral basis?
Citizens of a nation are party to the social contract, in which compliance with rules is exchanged for certain modes of support. I agree not to steal, to harm or to kill others, and I expect the state, and the individual members of it, to extend safety of property, person and life to me.
When someone commits truly heinous acts, they have broken that contract, and have surrendered their rights to its protection. What is the moral argument for asking the state to invest taxpayer's money (money being time, and time being life, therefore spent money representing a partial loss of life of the society) to continue maintaining a contract in good faith that has already been violated by the other party?
In short, why should those who disregard the rights of others still be extended any rights at all?
