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MORAL CHOICES by Scott Rae

Chapter Ten: Capital Punishment

Study Guide

Key Terms

Abolitionist

Retentionist

Retribution

Deterrence

Rehabilitation

8th Amendment

Christian reconstructionism

Questions

1. What is the-penalty-fits-the-crime argument for capital punishment?

2. What is the deterrent argument for capital punishment?

3. What is the dollars-and-cents argument for capital punishment?

4. What is the humane procedure argument for capital punishment?

5. What is the dignity-diminished argument against capital punishment?

6. What is the irreversible-effects argument against capital punishment?

7. What is the impossibility-of-reform argument against capital punishment?

8. Describe two objections to capital punishment that focus on the unjust manner in which many death penalty sentences are implemented.

9. Cite the three general classes of violations for which the Old Testament Law prescribed the death penalty.

a. _

b. _

c. _

10. Why is interpretive caution encouraged when analyzing the place of the Old Testament Law in Christian ethics?

11. How does Genesis 9:6 link the principle of sanctity of life to the death penalty?

12. How does Romans 13:4 suggest that a government can rightfully exercise life and death powers over its citizens?

13. What limitations does the Bible impose upon the application of the death penalty as a punishment for a crime?

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