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12 pages in length. The debate over capital punishment is perhaps one of the most vehemently fought social, ethical and political disputes raging as strongly today as it has in decades past. The extent to which no definitive decision exists whereby capital punishment is deemed either right or wrong is both grand and far-reaching; that biblical advocacy and proven deterrence help to shift the benefit of this much contested action in the pro directions speaks to two issues that justify its usage. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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by. The extent to which the lack of a definitive decision fails to exist whereby capital punishment is deemed either right or wrong is both grand and far-reaching; that
biblical advocacy and proven deterrence of violent crime help to shift the benefit of this much contested action in the pro direction speaks to two issues that serve to justify
its usage. ...In evaluating criminal penalties, deterrence should play a significant role in moral judgments, even for those whose central commitment is to human life and human liberty.
And if capital punishment has significant deterrent effects, then the moral argument for the ultimate penalty is greatly strengthened--even, we think, to the point of raising the possibility that capital
punishment may be morally required.1 II. MORALLY ACCEPTABLE ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE The Bible is misconstrued in any number of ways, not the least of which includes the erroneous
presumption that capital punishment is neither condoned nor accepted within the wide berth of religious application. This wholly interpretive understanding carefully ignores the very blatant stipulations of criminal punishment,
with the death penalty one of the most accepted methods. Clearly, people have been put to death with biblical blessing for infractions far less heinous than murder, so how
is it that the Bible can be mistaken for harboring judgmental opinion against capital punishment other than to serve the agenda of those who feel the need to utter untruths
as an attempt to support their argument? Suarez posits this very point by inquiring whether people question an otherwise much trusted religious figure when the Bible is cited to
"buttress a point"2 about capital punishment. Does the listener actually double check the scripture to make sure it is being understood in the actual intent it was written, or
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