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jgoose56 t1_is7norj wrote

Hi all.. I'm wondering if someone would help put forth some strong arguments about whether they think (both morally and politically) whether capital punishment should still exist.

I've been doing some research and I'm divided and would like someone to push back and provide insight into their own beliefs.

I'm particularly interested in the notion that "we shouldn't give the state the power to carry out the DP"

Don't we as a people vote to have the DP? And don't we allow the state to somewhat govern many aspects of our lives for freedom and liberty?

Thanks

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Sea_Personality8559 t1_isca4ou wrote

Of my head

Social contract and private property

There are already situations where you forfeit or place your life in jeopardy.

Interestingly adding politics into it brings alot of other stuff with it.

Abortion - right to life.

Imprisonment - white torture - social isolation torture.

Historical property rights - the ten feet of history.

Etc

Still it roughly revolves around whether your body and mind are ironclad your private property.

Social contract would seem to indicate that there are situations where your ironclad private property is traded or borrowed against with other property.

Limiting this trade and possible forfeiture entails other limits - already suicide has gone through a cycle of illegal to legal - so the prime importance on human life seems to be fluid.

What I'm getting at is

Because we can vote it in - the only thing that is necessary is that we also have the ability to vote it out - as rights etc seem to change like the wind.

That is - we give the state power - but they should only ever be borrowers - not owners.

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