Why we should enforce the death penalty

Originally posted by Lady Sidhe



Neither of which have any bearing on any of this, really, even though I was also replying to the bible quote. This isn't a religious issue for me, and it's only a moral issue in that I believe that to place the value of the life of the murderer over the life of the victim or potential victims is immoral.


Therefore, if I decide to murder someone, and it isn't in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of property, I know the possible consequence. So when you look at it like that, it's a type of passive suicide.


Sidhe

In my philosophy there is no such thing as "ONLY a moral issue." I did not insert that quote to argue any special religous belief, but rather to argue moral belief. The laws of a society must be based on moral values, otherwise they are meaningless. As members of society, we have the obligation to act as morally as we are capable of doing. The life of an individual is built upon morality, just as the structure of a civilization depends upon morality. We codify our moral beliefs into a system of laws and punishments.