One pro-choice, anti-death penalty proponent confesses that those who support abortion while decrying capital punishment are ignoring moral truth for a good night's sleep. Yep--but evidently, that's the Faustian bargain he has settled for. Read my response.
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Ellen--You'll need to read the response.
Posted By: Regis Nicoll on January 20, 2010 6:03 PM
I don't think either view is contradictory. Those who support capital punishment and decry abortion hold this view on the grounds of justice - that criminals should be punished, and the innocent allowed to live. Those who hold the opposite view, supporting the right of women to choose and condeming capital punishment, probably believe that it's wrong to kill other human persons except in self-defense. In this view, the unborn (or at least, some of the unborn) are not yet persons.
Posted By: Ben W on January 20, 2010 6:00 PM
Haven't read your response yet... // Turning the argument around, isn't decrying abortion while supporting capital punishment the same oxymoron?
Posted By: Ellen M on January 20, 2010 5:24 PM
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