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Capital punishment
Title: Capital punishment
Category: Law & Government / Law Issues
Details: Words: 677 | Pages: 2.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Capital punishment
Thesis : In principle a case can be made on moral grounds both supporting and opposing capital punishment.
Two different cases can be made. One is based on justice and the nature of a moral community. This leads to a defense of capital punishment. The second is based on love and the nature of an ideal spiritual community. This leads to a rejection of capital punishment.
JUSTICE AND THE NATURE OF MORAL COMMUNITY A central principal …showed first 75 words of 677 total…
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In short, for the moment the Christian witness to society is this: first demonstrate that capital punishment can be administered in a just and efficient manner. Then we will debate with you as to whether capital punishment is in priciple necessary, fitting and right or whether a humane society will find non-lethal alternatives to protect citizens from persistently violent criminals. Until then the church should say 'no' to this extreme measure.
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