A forward-looking justification of punishment aims its goals to better the society of the future. Two examples of this type of justification are deterrence(of the future criminals), and reform(of present criminals). Claims have been made that capital punishment deters future murderers, and, hence; saves or spares the lives of f

offender in question another chance at life--even if it means spending the rest of it in prison. Reform, in the end, is the only way to justifiably punish someone without taking their life.

justified by the fact that it presumably deters would-be offenders, and it prevents the criminal from repeating his crime on society. This will maximize the society's happiness, or greater balance it. Brandt also states that "when we combine the principle of utilitarianism with true propositions about a certain thing or situation, then we shall come out with true statements about obligations." Those obligations should be to maximize the happiness of the affected party, which in turn requires the society to disregard capital

thousand? If the answer is greater than one, then that is too many. Jeffrey Reiman states that "refusing to execute murderers though they deserve it both reflects and continues the taming of the human species that we call civilization." I place the question of whether or not the world will be a better place without capital punishment upon yo

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