52. Arguments against the death penalty

Let's consider the ethical arguments against the death penalty..

1. The death penalty has a morally corrupting effect on human society.

It has a direct impact directly through the people who are involved in it, and indirectly - by the fact that in society, the very fact of the existence of the death penalty affirms the idea that murder, even in some individual cases, can be fair, useful to society, a good deed.

It occurs only as something inhuman, as a shameful deed: executioners often hide their profession; such methods of the death penalty are used so that it is generally impossible even to find out who is acting as the executioner.

2. The death penalty is an anti-legal act.

Basic principle of law balance of personal freedom and the common good. The death penalty, which destroys the individual, also eliminates the legal relationship itself.

In the case of the death penalty, the relatives of the offender are also practically punished, since it can have such a strong influence on them that it can drive them to suicide or insanity, not to mention their severe moral suffering.

According to the law, the principle of reversibility of punishment operates, which allows, to some extent, to make reversible cases where a miscarriage of justice is committed. In relation to the death penalty, this principle is violated, since the one who was killed cannot now be brought back to life, just as it is impossible to compensate for the harm caused to him by a legal error.

It should be noted that such errors are not uncommon.

3. The death penalty is unfair and false because it undoubtedly violates the limits of human competence. Any person has no power over life. Life is the condition of all human affairs and must remain their limit. At the same time, a person does not have the right to judge someone's guilt, and even more so to assert the perfect incorrigibility of the criminal.

Experienced observations of scientists have shown that the death sentence often makes a deep spiritual upheaval in the person to whom it was intended. The condemned to death begins to look at the world differently, experiencing enlightenment. After all, in some cases the death penalty, even if it is not a miscarriage of justice, is implemented when there is no need for it.

4. The death penalty is an attack on the fundamental moral principle of the self-worth of the human person, his holiness. To the extent that we equate morality with non-violence, with the commandment "Thou shalt not kill", the death penalty cannot become a moral sanction, since it is something directly opposite.

In conclusion, it should be noted that although the above ethical arguments in favor of the death penalty do not have logical coercion, they nevertheless seem quite convincing to a large number of people.

Author: Zubanova S.G.

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