Tell me how the death penalty is moral according to Catholic teaching as practiced in the United States and in the current situation of the United States.
"Today, in fact, given the means at the State's disposal to effectively repress crime by rendering inoffensive the one who has committed it, without depriving him definitively of the possibility of redeeming himself, cases of absolute necessity for suppression of the offender 'today ... are very rare, if not practically non-existent.'
Only if you choose to competely disregard the fact that the safety of other prisoners and the prison staff are in constant danger is it "...very rare, if not practically non-existent."
How many people every year get murdered in jail or in prison ?
The death penalty in the US could be moral given the fact that Jesus stated to give unto Caesar that which belongs to Caesar. In that sense, the death penalty in the US could be even more moral than giving unto Caesar because the death penalty, assured very recently by the US Supreme Court, is devided by a jury of peers.
Only if you choose to competely disregard the fact that the safety of other prisoners and the prison staff are in constant danger is it "...very rare, if not practically non-existent."
How many people every year get murdered in jail or in prison ?
Only if you choose to competely disregard the fact that the safety of other prisoners and the prison staff are in constant danger is it "...very rare, if not practically non-existent."
How many people every year get murdered in jail or in prison ?
I amonly against the death penalty as now the system only serves to prolong the victims suffering, promotes institutionalized revenge, takes too long, and allows an attorney a lavish lifestyle on the taxpayers dime.
Prison murders and prison rapes occur primarily because there is an attitude of callousness by society in general and often the prison staffs in particular toward the human dignity and lives themselves of their prisons. How many prison rape jokes have you heard? People think prisoners have it coming. It's disgusting and in a way it makes some of the people staffing this institutions partly responsible for the crimes when their purposeful negligence contributes to allow them to happen. There's no reason in a high security facility to give anyone the chance to rape or murder anyone. And if it means we have to hire a few extra people to man security cameras, or build more rooms so prisoners have their own cells, then those are things we ought to do. Allowing this sort of stuff debases us as much as it debases prisoners.
Many Catholics believe that you cannot nuance abortion because the prohibition on abortion is an article of faith and therefore cannot be disputed. While, on the other hand, the position on the death penalty is merely a teaching and therefore a Catholic is allowed to use his conscience to discern the exact morality of the death penalty.
There is a big difference between murdering an innocent child who has no voice and killing an adult criminal who has had due process of law.
It's not. If I understand it correctly, it's sanctioned by each state and as Catholics we should contact our local legislators.Tell me how the death penalty is moral according to Catholic teaching as practiced in the United States and in the current situation of the United States.
Tell me how the death penalty is moral according to Catholic teaching as practiced in the United States and in the current situation of the United States.
I cannot for the life of me understand why for some people there is more urgency to end state sanctioned execution than there is to use legal means to end abortion.
At which point one would think it would become a mutually exclusive priority. I was under the impression this conversation is happening amongst Christians.Both can only be ended by a conversion of heart to Christ and to protect the dignity of all life.
At which point one would think it would become a mutually exclusive priority. I was under the impression this conversation is happening amongst Christians.
It is. It think that abortion is the most important issue we face. The right to life must be assured to the most vulnerable and innocent. It is the prerequisite for all other rights.