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| Capital punishment: Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is, in some countries, the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime. _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Dictionary of Arguments. | |||
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Thomas Aquinas on Capital Punishment - Dictionary of Arguments
Rawls I 215 Capital Punishment/Thomas Aquinas/Aquinas/Rawls: Aquinas justified the capital punishment for heretics on the grounds that it was a much more serious matter to corrupt belief than to falsify money, because it destroys the belief that is the life of the soul.(1) RawlsVsThomas/RawlsVsAquinas: the premises on which Thomas Aquinas draws upon here cannot be supported by generally accepted conclusions. It is a dogma that belief is the life of the soul and that it is necessary for the life of the soul to suppress deviations from the belief. >Soul, >Religious belief, >Religion, >Theology, >Justification. 1. Th. Aquinas: Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 11. art. 3._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. "Vs" indicates differences in content, not necessarily the chronological progression of a controversy. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005 |
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