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The death penalty never made sense to me. We teach our kids its wrong to kill by killing? I'd rather the person spend their life in jail to think about what the
by justinzollars 10y ago
The death penalty never made sense to me. We teach our kids its wrong to kill by killing? I'd rather the person spend their life in jail to think about what they have done.
- mikeash 10y agoI'm against the death penalty, but I don't think that argument holds up very well. We say it's wrong to kidnap people and hold them against their will, but we put people in prison as punishment. We say it's wrong to steal, but we use fines as punishment. Pretty much by definition, any effective punishment has to be something that's wrong to do to people in general.
- wolfgke 10y ago> We say it's wrong to kidnap people and hold them against their will, but we put people in prison as punishment. This is rather an arguments against prisons to me. > We say it's wrong to steal, but we use fines as punishment. Objectivists would indeed argue this is an argument against taxes.
- mikeash 10y agoSaying all of these things are wrong is indeed consistent, but I don't think many people would agree that it's a good idea to have no way to enforce laws.
- DubiousPusher 10y agoI oppose the death penalty but by this logic we shouldn't have prison at all because it's wrong to kidnap and hold someone in 6'x10' room against their will.
- abfan1127 10y agoprison is a place for people who can't be trusted in the general public. We add layers of protections in case we are wrong (juries, appeals). There is no CTRL-Z for the death penalty.
- DubiousPusher 10y agoI think you've misunderstood me. My argument is not against prisons. It is against the logic the OP used which I feel is flawed.