MODR 1730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Not Fair, Lethal Injection, Motor Oil
17 Dec 2016
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Exam question: steinburgs notion on why animals don"t qualify. Not killing of one citizen to another, the state sanctions it. Comes from the words capatalis = (cid:498)of the head(cid:499) In any other form of government justification doesn"t matter. They say only justification is the consequences of our actions. Ex) killing mother-in-law and having life sentence in prison. This prevents you from education, love and work. They say by putting someone in prison you are making them suffer. * consequences brought to this suffering will bring something beneficial. Must be beneficial for society if it isn"t then need to rethink it (only. Consequences of the family of the member killed will think that justice is justification) done by arresting killer. They say justification is about your act, what you"ve done and your (cid:498)eye for an eye(cid:499) They say (cid:498)this is the only moral responsibility available(cid:499) Doing it because of something they have done. Asking people to be responsible for your actions.
