Re:What I Learned from Executing Two Men
by peteretep on Monday September 19, 2016 @12:15PM
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> the article only devotes a single sentence to the
> core of the argument, at the very beginning: the
> author has come to believe that life is either
> hallowed or not, and he prefers to believe that it is
> always hallow, and killing always wrong
I'm not sure that's the core of the argument, simply as I don't believe life is hallowed, nor I do support the death penalty, and I don't think there's any dissonance in this position.
I can't explain to you any sort of moral basis for feeling life isn't hallowed, and isn't indeed particularly special, but I know I've felt this way for most of my life. Death often causes loss and suffering in those around the dying, and often in those who know they're about to die, but the dead are incapable of caring that they're dead, and everyone's going to die.
However: the death penalty seems simply ineffective in any of the goals it sets out to achieve, and so I don't support it.
I can't explain to you any sort of moral basis for feeling life isn't hallowed, and isn't indeed particularly special, but I know I've felt this way for most of my life. Death often causes loss and suffering in those around the dying, and often in those who know they're about to die, but the dead are incapable of caring that they're dead, and everyone's going to die.
However: the death penalty seems simply ineffective in any of the goals it sets out to achieve, and so I don't support it.