Is It Ethical To Punish With The Death Penalty?
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What do u people think?
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Depends on what crime is committed. Drug abuse, those people who bring in the drugs and murder criminals should be punished with death penalty
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who/what decides what is ethical?
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God
The Law
Man -
It has NEVER been ethical to KILL or take away one's life.
Be it by Law, or Man.
For example; a man kills a person, then he is caught and killed in return.
Two wrongs, don't make one right. -
This is a good topic to debate. Do you support death penalty? I think in some states in US it is not but in some states it is there or reinstated. Some ppl thinking is a life for a life. You commit a murder you pay for it with your life. Now such statement implies those who commit multiple murders will benefit cuz it is one life for so many lives hahahaa....
Non-death penlty supporters will defend saying sometimes gotta see the rationale or reason that drives a person to murder etc etc... to reduce charge to manslaughter.
I hope to see more follow up post commenting about this topic. -
i support in death penaltyOriginally posted by sohguanh:This is a good topic to debate. Do you support death penalty? I think in some states in US it is not but in some states it is there or reinstated. Some ppl thinking is a life for a life. You commit a murder you pay for it with your life. Now such statement implies those who commit multiple murders will benefit cuz it is one life for so many lives hahahaa....
Non-death penlty supporters will defend saying sometimes gotta see the rationale or reason that drives a person to murder etc etc... to reduce charge to manslaughter.
I hope to see more follow up post commenting about this topic. -
is it then ethical toOriginally posted by ShutterBug:It has NEVER been ethical to KILL or take away one's life.
Be it by Law, or Man.
For example; a man kills a person, then he is caught and killed in return.
Two wrongs, don't make one right.
1. take away the man's freedom and confine him to 4 walls for the next 20 - 30 years
2. allow the man to go free and have the chance to kill someone else
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it's an imperfect world... -
i support in death penalty
Now we can tok more on the crime nature warranting death penalty. For a robber that kill someone or say a serial rapist etc...
Some ppl suggest for serial rapist, death penalty is letting him/her off too lightly. Castration is proposed so as to inflict the best pyschological wound on him. But if the rapist is a female how is castration going to be performed? Food for thought? -
the Law decides what is "ethical" based on man's (the community's) perception of what is right and acceptable behaviour.Originally posted by ShutterBug:It has NEVER been ethical to KILL or take away one's life.
Be it by Law, or Man.
For example; a man kills a person, then he is caught and killed in return.
Two wrongs, don't make one right.
how do man decide what is right and acceptable? -
how do man decide what is right and acceptable?
By majority consensus? The jury system is based on that concept rite? For countries adopting judge as the sole judge it is debatable but I believe spore using the judge system. Pros and cons for both systems I guess. -
Originally posted by sohguanh:
so different communities / cultures may have different standards as to what constitute "right and acceptable" behaviours?
[b]how do man decide what is right and acceptable?
By majority consensus? The jury system is based on that concept rite? For countries adopting judge as the sole judge it is debatable but I believe spore using the judge system. Pros and cons for both systems I guess.[/b]
i.e. ethics are not absolute but subjective? -
And the never ending debate continues........of life and of death
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I just looked at the tax letter my father got. Wow. I believe that continuing with capital punishment will definitely prevent the tax from rising since there will be no need to pay for their lodging. Looking at monetary value i think that its ethical. However when i look at the 10 commandments of "though shall not kill" and what buddism say "bu nen sha shen" obviously in terms of religion its not ethical. Ai such a hard decision to make. I believe that just kill the guy after his parent die at the least his parents will not have to bear the pain of seeing the death of their son. Withnessing the death of 1 child is a very heartwenching thing
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Withnessing the death of 1 child is a very heartwenching thing
If the murderer parents is painful at seeing their child die then what about their child's victim parents? Dun the victim have parents too? So it should be equal. Victim parents grieve so then the murderer parents grieve too. Only then will the murderer parents understand what it is to take one's lives away. -
Originally posted by sohguanh:
That is not the problem in Singapore. Singapore don't recognize female rapists.
[b]i support in death penalty
Now we can tok more on the crime nature warranting death penalty. For a robber that kill someone or say a serial rapist etc...
Some ppl suggest for serial rapist, death penalty is letting him/her off too lightly. Castration is proposed so as to inflict the best pyschological wound on him. But if the rapist is a female how is castration going to be performed? Food for thought? [/b] -
to me de only mistake in singapore law is not letting ppl smoke weed , weed comes nature
other country even let ppl grow their own ganja plants ...
COME ON LEGALIZE WEED ....
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Singapore don't recognize female rapists.
Huh? You very sure? Then we can have a female serial rapist and spore laws cannot do anything when she is caught? Isn't it kinda gender bias ruling?
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Serious i don't really supports death penalty. But the only crime i think that deserve death penatly is murder. A life for a life.
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i dont mind being rape by a girl ....
haixxx pls violate me giRls !!
take My InNOcENts away GiRls .. plsssssssssssssssss
calling all girl rapist , make me ur victim plssssssssssssssss -
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Originally posted by sohguanh:
Yup. But as we open up, there's no guarantee that this rule will not change.
[b]Singapore don't recognize female rapists.
Huh? You very sure? Then we can have a female serial rapist and spore laws cannot do anything when she is caught? Isn't it kinda gender bias ruling? [/b] -
I think the death penalty was implemented to deter hardcore crimes from being committed. It's not really about if you kill someone, we'll kill you in return. So if an idiot is not afraid of death and commits the crime, then we shouldn't pity him if he's executed, since in the 1st place, he already knows what will happen if he's caught.
It's not about being ethical or not. It's a neccesity. -
In line with the government's view. Their laws are meant to deter. But I always wonder, if it is meant to deter, why do lawyers always plead for leniency for their clients? If he's not afraid when he commits the crime, why should he be afraid now?Originally posted by terohoh:I think the death penalty was implemented to deter hardcore crimes from being committed. It's not really about if you kill someone, we'll kill you in return. So if an idiot is not afraid of death and commits the crime, then we shouldn't pity him if he's executed, since in the 1st place, he already knows what will happen if he's caught.
It's not about being ethical or not. It's a neccesity. -
Originally posted by sohguanh:
Very well said buddy. But the pain of losing one's child is greater than a murderer's parents losing their murderer child. In the 1st place, these murderers' parents are mostly pathetic parents who don't give a sh.it about their childrens' life. Only when their children have committed a crime do they start appearing in court crying and complaining as if their child is innocent. Losers. So I'd suggest the death penalty for the murderer, and also a death penalty for the parents. Just kidding...
[b]Withnessing the death of 1 child is a very heartwenching thing
If the murderer parents is painful at seeing their child die then what about their child's victim parents? Dun the victim have parents too? So it should be equal. Victim parents grieve so then the murderer parents grieve too. Only then will the murderer parents understand what it is to take one's lives away.[/b]