Comment on The Evil Design of Japan's Death Penalty

dunz@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• yeahiknow3@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No one deserves to be stripped of the right to exist.

  for some crimes, death penalty is too mild…

  So… death penalty is wrong, but evil people deserve to be tortured?

  I have to say, this is the most unphilosophical and internally contradictory view on this topic I’ve heard so far. Well done.

  For those wondering, the best argument against the death penalty comes from political philosophy, not from ethics.

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  • dunz@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yep, I know. I’ve tried to figure out a sound reasoning about this. I do not approve of cruel punishments. Living with the knowledge of the pain you caused is a good punishment . Deatj is an easy out

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    • yeahiknow3@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why else keep someone alive as punishment except to cause them to suffer?

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