Please read the Introduction completely and closely. Then, review the attached articles, as you answer the following questions:
Please type the last three lines of the first paragraph (p. 463) that begins with, “Harming another person…” Then, briefly explain what this means, in your own opinion.
Name and define the three types of punishment? Do you have any preference? (p. 463)
What does the author say about Deterrence, with regards to the “severity of punishment”? (p. 463, last paragraph)
What does the author, Rachels, say about Retribution? (p. 464, left column; last two paragraphs)
What does the author say about Rehabilitation and the concept of “deterrence”? Do you think it work? (p. 464, right column; second full paragraph)
What are the two primary arguments given regarding the Death Penalty? (pp. 464-465, last two paragraphs)
What does the author suggest that really “matters in moral debate”? (p. 465, final paragraph)
“In Defense of the Death Penalty”
First ask yourself this question, “Do I support the use of the Death Penalty, as a form of punishment” – no written response required. Then, read the entirety of page 494, over to the top of 495? Now, pose that original question to yourself again. Did your answer change? Please explain the general meaning of questions posited on the bottom of 494-495.
BRIEFLY explain the general Retributive Argument, as best you can. Is there such a thing as “legalized murder”? (p. 495)
BRIEFLY explain the general Utilitarian (Deterrence) Argument, as best you can. (p. 496)
What is the meaning of what I call the “Lighthouse Argument”? Do you agree? (p. 496 – indented paragraph at the bottom of page, right column)
Please explain the “Best Bet Argument.” (p. 497, top of right column)
BRIEFLY explain the three Objections to Capital Punishment and Responses. (pp. 498-499)
“Against the Death Penalty”
Please summarize Reiman’s “four propositions” regarding the Death Penalty. (p. 503, left column)
Please read and explain the Kantian argument (For context, quickly Google Immanuel Kant’s “Categorical Imperative” – First and Second Formulation) against using the Death Penalty for Deterrence. (p. 504, left-hand column, and bottom right-hand paragraph)
Does the Deterrence argument work? (See Section II, right-hand column, first two paragraphs)
Briefly explain the increased “tolerance for cruelty” and the concept of “two deaths” as described, in Section III. (pp. 506-507)
Read and explain Albert Camus’ discussion of torture. Is it really the inmate’s fault, by exercising their Constitutional rights? (p. 508)
