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"Administering the death penalty is the sad admission of a government that not only is it not capable of dealing with its anti-social elements, but it also stopped trying."
It is not the place of man to decide if another man will live or die. This is why we punish murderers: they ignore this rule and take it upon themselves to distribute death. The death penalty likewise violates this rule, and is likewise murder.
Murdering a murderer is still murder.
The only reason we can't let serial killers escape is because they pose a threat to human life. We value human life and human comfort, and we have to defend this principle against criminals. But it is internally contradictory to compromise a principle for the sake of defending a principle. Killing a human life to protect human life is extremely questionable behavior, especially when the killing is not even close to being the only solution.
It is not the place of man to decide if another man will live or die. This is why we punish murderers: they ignore this rule and take it upon themselves to distribute death. The death penalty likewise violates this rule, and is likewise murder.
Murdering a murderer is still murder.
The only reason we can't let serial killers escape is because they pose a threat to human life. We value human life and human comfort, and we have to defend this principle against criminals. But it is internally contradictory to compromise a principle for the sake of defending a principle. Killing a human life to protect human life is extremely questionable behavior, especially when the killing is not even close to being the only solution.