I'm against the death penalty, honestly.

It's not for any practical reason like "how much money it takes to house people in jail or not". I think using practical reasons on either side of this is a little weird. It's human life. I'm for reforming people, bringing them to the light. and showing them a better way.

I believe in killing in self defence. I don't believe in killing after someone is already subdued and behind bars. I DO believe in forms of exile that more or less mean someone's fate in probably to die. Taking life systematically tho? Can't really condone it, even tho I want to. Again, i'm talking about after people are already subdued.

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OldBrit · 61-69, M

My argument against it is that "we" (ie society) say killing another human being is wrong. Even so that if you kill a human by accident then "we" expect that person to be punished for manslaughter.

Therefore for us to maintain the higher moral ground we can't then say "we" condone killing of any human being whatever the circumstances. To me once you do that you lose the moral argument. That's my simple philosophy on it.