Misguided in believing a retributionalist justice system is preferable to a consequentialist one.
mmm.... but that's just a sentence
What is it then that is so much improved upon in your 'consequentialistic' justice system?
Where is the 'betterment' in it exactly? whats so misguided
exactly about a retributionalistic system ? (in relation to premeditated heinous murders)
Again with respect this sounds like dictum handed out at a uni first year philosophy seminar
I'd like people who are of your mindset to explain why the rehabilitation of hard core, confessed, murderers is so necessary excluding monetary reasons.
I've read those 'death penalty reports' and although interesting I cant and do not believe the disparity ($230m to kill them - £11m to jail them) between the different costs and seeing as they are on the table from Amnesty International that does give them shall we say, an agenda
Again for me this comes down eventually to the perception of what is and what is not 'civilised'.
If 'civilised' is improving upon the world in a forever positive upward curve for all humanity, I am all for it.
However keeping people alive who's only ambition, purpose in life is to kill other people for pleasure, is imo no improvement and should not be as far as I can see part of the overall 'improvement' plan