RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?
August 7, 2022 at 4:54 pm
(This post was last modified: August 7, 2022 at 4:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Through the actions of advocates, yes, we've done alot when it comes to the most severe forms of punishment we dole out. It's always the same argument with the next thing, though. Okay..okay, so maybe strong action isn't ethical and doesn't work with offense set x - but surely, surely..it'll work with offense set y. One is left to wonder how violence and death would prevent a thing a war did not - and there may be some moral justification (or, more accurately, one which any given questioner might acknowledge) and that still doesn't stop the thing in question from happening That's the trouble with utilitarian justifications. They might work and be bad, or not work and be good, they may be bad and not work..but when they're good and do work, they're only both things coincidentally.
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