Capital Punishment
Beginning of paper
Thesis One: In principle a case can be made on moral grounds both supporting and
opposing .
Thesis two: Concretely and in practice, compelling arguments against capital
punishment can be made on the basis of its actual administration in our society.
Two different cases can be made. One is based ....
Middle of paper
.... The right to belong to a community is
not unconditional. The privilege of living and pursuing the good life in society
is not absolute. It may be negated by behavior that undermines the nature of a
moral community. The essential basis on which community is built requires each
citizen to honor the rightful claims of others. The utter and deliberate denial
of life and opportunity to others forfeits ones own claim to continued
membership in the community, whose standards have been so fl ....
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Page count: 10 (approximately 250 words per page)
