PHL 115 CMI Quiz 6 Review McKitrick

Bedau, "The Case Against the Death Penalty"

Barbaric

Disrespects human life

Destructive to decency of community

Irrevocable

Violates equal protection

Ineffective

Wasteful

3 Main arguments

doesn't deter crime

uncivilized in theory

unfair in practice

2 arguments that DP is not a good deterrent

How is DP unfair?

Inevitability of Error

Counter arguments: What are they? How does Bedau respond?

Acceptable risks

Retribution

Proportionality

Van Den Haag, The Death Penalty: A Debate

Incapacitation

How does it purport to justify DP?

How does VDH respond?

How does VDH argue that DP is a good deterrent?

How does VDH characterize the choice of executing a convicted murderer?

How might someone argue that DP is wrong even if it effective at deterring crime?

VDH's 2 main arguments for DP

Moral & Factual

Why are these titles misleading?

Counter arguments: What are they? How does VDH reply?

Argument from Human Dignity

Argument from Religion