Which of the Following, According to Metz, Best Captures a Traditional

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following, according to Metz, best captures a traditional African consequentialist argument against the death penalty?

• A) Capital punishment should be abolished because communities would be no less protected from harm were they to abolish the death penalty.
• B) Capital punishment should be abolished because capital punishment causes unnecessary harm to the loved ones of the condemned.
• C) Capital punishment should be abolished because it is impermissibly disrespectful to the condemned and strips the executioners of their dignity.
• D) Capital punishment should be abolished because it constitutes an impermissible degradation of the condemned individual's ubuntu.

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