Which of the Following Would Constitute an Objection to Nathanson's

question 732

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would constitute an objection to Nathanson's main argument in "An Eye for an Eye"?

• A) The death penalty is often impermissible because it is more barbaric than most murders because of the time that elapses between conviction and execution.
• B) There is no distinction between equality and proportional retributivism because the only proportional retribution to a crime will be strictly identical to the crime itself.
• C) Proportional retributivism is untenable because there is no way to objectively determine the degree of suffering that a victim of crime experienced.
• D) Retributivist principles do justify capital punishment because execution is an appropriately severe and final retribution to murder, which is inherently wrong.

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