Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?

[bennyboy]

Sure, our normative beliefs have been known to contain a number of horrid things, and?  Some of them were mistakes explained solely by ourselves as subjects - the way we might feel about x.  Others mistakes made because of some assertion that x was good for society.  Yet more still mistakes about items of fact.  If we're even allowing for such statements to be mistaken....but ofc, if we're not...then what's the problem with those normative statements anyway?

I think we would both be comfortable allowing for human beings to be able to get things wrong any number of ways.  Sure, their feels - but not just their feels.  No?

Comfort with it doesn't matter too much. I suppose we're all uncomfortable with the ways in which we think others have it wrong. I'm uncomfortable with the idea of industrial meat farming, with laws against abortion, and so on.

I'm also uncomfortable with a country whose citizens actually believe it's the "Land of the Free" having a greater portion of its population in prison than probably any other in entire human history.

It's not so much a refusal to execute criminals that I have a problem with-- it's the inconsistent application of philosophy, or even religion.

Want an abortion? Despite the proscription of abortion IN the Bible, and historical definitions of life beginning with first breath, we will BLOCK YOU. (but we're the land of the free)

Poor? Well, we will completely ignore the entire New Testament and everything our Lord says about the poor or about children, and we will CONDEMN YOU. (but we'll send money to starving children in Africa)

Hate death-- we will ban executions-- but ensure everyone you know has the God-protected right to purchase a very good tool of execution. Cuz we care about life so much.

I like how every time there's a school shooting, Republicans INSTANTLY get the moral high-ground: "This is not a time to politicize gun ownership." Dafuq?

So with all due respect, "normative values" when applied to US society represents such an inconsistent world view that it borders on schizophrenic psychopathy.