Exam 20: The Death Penalty

Nathanson claims that a great benefit of abolishing the death penalty would be that

What sorts of rights does a murderer have, on Nathanson's view?

Which argument rests on the claim that the legal system is bound to be error-prone?

Talk about: -Retributivism

Which of the following is an example of rehabilitative punishment?

How does Primoratz respond to the objection that executing a young person is not proportionate to the murder of an elderly person?

Talk about: -Premeditated

According to van den Haag, someone who wishes to show that the death penalty is not justified would have to show that it does not

Talk about: -General deterrence

What is civilization, according to Reiman?

Talk about: -Arbitrary

Talk about: -Deterrence theory

Which of the following would the principle of lex talionis require us to do?

The claim that no one deserves to suffer challenges which of these arguments?

Which of the abolitionist arguments presented in this chapter do you believe to be the strongest? Explain the premises and conclusion of the argument in your own words. Identify the best option that you think is available to the argument and formulate a response to that objection.

Reiman argues that we cannot infer that the more feared penalty will deter more people than the less feared unless we know that the _______ feared penalty is _______ enough to deter everyone who can be deterred

Lex talionis is a principle commonly invoked by proponents of which theory of punishment?

Talk about: -Death row

Why does the Incoherence Argument against capital punishment fail?

Talk about: -Aggravating conditions