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Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?
RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?
(August 11, 2022 at 11:54 pm)bennyboy Wrote: The idea that someone has deprived others of the best years of their lives, but should live out his remaining days under the care and supervision of a prison, with all the many rights and privileges that entails, seems unjust, no?

Not to me, but..then again, we might just come from different moral communities you and I.  The "care and supervision of a prison" seems to be doing alot of work in your mind, from where I sit. You one of those guys who thinks that prisons are just too good, in addition to how we're not killin em fast enough?

Quote: What if your wife or children were slaughtered by an axe murderer because of the color of their skin-- would you not rather see him drawn and quartered than let them live out their days relatively happily, watching TV re-runs and eating food that you pay for?
There are alot of things I might enjoy seeing that aren't included in the set of admissible things.  You're looking.... again.... for some explicitly subjective warrant to do x.  That "justice" is the set of things I want to see or would satisfy me.  Different moral -and- legal communities...you and I....

Quote:There's a lot of talk about not wanting to live in a savage society.  But savagery and downright evil are important parts of the human experience and instinct, and there's no reason they can't have their place, too.
What is is not necessarily what ought to be.  Beyond that simple reminder..yes, there's plenty of reasons those things may have no place. As far as the social contract goes, just count up the people in any moral or legal community that rejects those things..and realize that's all the reason required in a social contract.
Quote:Here's a fair punishment for the rape and slaughter of a child-- 1 hour in a room with the father, no questions asked.
That's neither fair nor just nor moral - for either party - or a society which engages in it.  It abuses the offender while simultaneously handicapping the father in a routinely compromising situation that, taken together, victimizes the society itself.  

Different....communities.
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RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war? - by The Grand Nudger - August 12, 2022 at 12:15 am

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