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The Ultimate Punishment: An Analysis of a Defense

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October 1, 2011

 

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Touting the word "justice," and wielding other such noble words, van den Haag attempts to elevate his logic as "self-evident"?though clearly it is not, or this course would not exist. Much as I detest anything that attempts to classify a species so diverse and unique as the human race into one category (one punishment for every man), more do I loathe this breed of "logic" that has brought about so much turmoil and conflict in the world...
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death) is distributed, is of little importance compared to the benefits reaped by the punishments; essentially downplaying the tragedy of an innocent man being put to death. While there is a certain logic to this argument, and I can not refute its necessity in a complex and civilized society, it begs the question "Which is worse, for a murderer to kill an innocent man or for the government to kill an innocent man?" Van den Haag then continues to state that if one innocent life is saved by the execution of a convicted one, then the death penalty is just?a rather brash statement, and for multiple reasons...
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