Consider This Assertion, Common in Debates on Capital Punishment: the Unjust

question 11

Multiple Choice

Consider this assertion, common in debates on capital punishment: the unjust administration of a punishment does not entail the injustice of the punishment itself. This view is most likely espoused by

• A) abolitionists.
• B) utilitarians.
• C) retentionists.
• D) natural law theorists.

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