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Is capital punishment hypocritical?

Is capital punishment hypocritical?

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If a person is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

Doesn't the act of killing the individual contradict the moral
ideology behind his/her conviction?

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Originally posted by Thequ1ck
If a person is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

Doesn't the act of killing the individual contradict the moral
ideology behind his/her conviction?
No.

Suppose a person is convicted of kidnapping someone and locking him in his basement for ten years. Does the act of imprisoning the individual contradict the moral ideology behind his conviction?

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Originally posted by Thequ1ck
If a person is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

Doesn't the act of killing the individual contradict the moral
ideology behind his/her conviction?
Yes.
One man's reason for killing someone is worth just as much as any other man's.

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Originally posted by DoctorScribbles
No.

Suppose a person is convicted of kidnapping someone and locking him in his basement for ten years. Does the act of imprisoning the individual contradict the moral ideology behind his conviction?
No. It's exactly the same and equally nasty.

The problem is however: "What can you do otherwise?"

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Yes.
One man's reason for killing someone is worth just as much as any other man's.
Is a murder in self-defense worth just as much as an assassination?

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Originally posted by shavixmir
No. It's exactly the same and equally nasty.

The problem is however: "What can you do otherwise?"
Execute the kidnapper.

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All crime should be punishable by death.

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Yes.
One man's reason for killing someone is worth just as much as any other man's.
Is euthanasia worth just as much as an assassination?

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Originally posted by DoctorScribbles
No.

Suppose a person is convicted of kidnapping someone and locking him in his basement for ten years. Does the act of imprisoning the individual contradict the moral ideology behind his conviction?
As Shavixmir says, that's more to do with our own limitations in
dealing with these individuals. They need to kept away from society,
they don't need to be killed.

The question is, what examples does this set to us and our children?
Is it OK to kill or not? Is it only OK for the state to kill?

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Originally posted by Thequ1ck
If a person is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

Doesn't the act of killing the individual contradict the moral
ideology behind his/her conviction?
Yes of course it does and above that there is a chance the convicted is innocent!

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Just like the murderer has no right to take a life, neither has the state or a legal system.

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Originally posted by knightwest
Just like the murderer has no right to take a life, neither has the state or a legal system.
I think I may be the only person in this thread who knows what a contradiction is.

The state has different rights regarding imposing force.
The state may imprison people; private citizens may not.
The state may execute people; private citizens may not.

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Originally posted by LordOfTheChessboard
Yes of course it does and above that there is a chance the convicted is innocent!
What is the contradiction?

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Originally posted by mokko
All crime should be punishable by death.
Sociopathic Atheist? Or just horribly vindictive?

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Originally posted by DoctorScribbles
What is the contradiction?
What is "the moral ideology behind his/her conviction"? And sentence of death?