When sister Sister Helen Prejean maintains that the death penalty is a violation of human dignity and is contrary to the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, "who taught us to not to return hate for hate and evil for evil". I think that this Spiritual passage does not support nor oppose the death penalty, rather I think it suggest that if we return hate or evil then we are creating more hate and evil. So for those people support the death penalty what are they truly supporting? In my opinion I think that they are supporting death and that does not seems like justice, because rather then help or metal treatment supporters are voicing that it is okay to kill as long as a criminal has caused "hate or evil". Overall the passage came off to me as stop condoning the cycle of hate and evil. As for the deductive argument I am going to attempt so here goes: All Christians believe in Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus of Nazareth followed certain morals, therefore All Christians follow those same morals. This deductive argument then means that if you are a Christian then you have to believe or want to follow in Jesus of Nazareth moral beliefs like the spiritual passage.
Heisenberg
Great post Heisenberg! I really liked how you touched base on both sides of the topic and both from a different standpoint. It is true that murdering a death row inmate because they murdered someone does not make it morally correct but I think that we just do not know how else to deal with it. The prison system was invented to “rehabilitate” people (supposedly) but with a person that committed such a horrible crime, it is hard to justify rehabilitation as a solution, especially to the victims loved ones. I think you are insightful with your question of when we “support the death penalty what are we truly supporting?”
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