that's fine because it's legitimatized by state power!
In all seriousness, sentencing people to death is mostly done to make a societal statement about what is acceptable behavior. It can permanently remove dangerous people from ever causing trouble again, but outside of the most charismatic and effective leaders, it’s unnecessary if you manage to capture them. Punishment only gives the feeling of control, which is why I don’t think it’s a valid form of justice in of itself.
Oh I agree with you that it shouldn’t be considered a valid form of punishment. For a plethora of reasons yours being one of them. Only reason I brought it up, was because I honestly don’t know how the Geneva convention and all the other international laws regarding war and war crimes view, what is effectively the same action, eg murder but after a organised deliberation by a court rather than “in the field” my guess is it would depend on were the war crimminal is prosecuted.
I wasn’t saying it’s an invalid form of punishment; I’m saying that punishment is an invalid form of justice. The only reason to lock people up or execute them is so they are no longer able to cause harm. If there’s a better method than punishment (there often is), punishment is unjust.
that's fine because it's legitimatized by state power!
In all seriousness, sentencing people to death is mostly done to make a societal statement about what is acceptable behavior. It can permanently remove dangerous people from ever causing trouble again, but outside of the most charismatic and effective leaders, it’s unnecessary if you manage to capture them. Punishment only gives the feeling of control, which is why I don’t think it’s a valid form of justice in of itself.
Oh I agree with you that it shouldn’t be considered a valid form of punishment. For a plethora of reasons yours being one of them. Only reason I brought it up, was because I honestly don’t know how the Geneva convention and all the other international laws regarding war and war crimes view, what is effectively the same action, eg murder but after a organised deliberation by a court rather than “in the field” my guess is it would depend on were the war crimminal is prosecuted.
I wasn’t saying it’s an invalid form of punishment; I’m saying that punishment is an invalid form of justice. The only reason to lock people up or execute them is so they are no longer able to cause harm. If there’s a better method than punishment (there often is), punishment is unjust.
I think we might be talking past each other. I was using punishment as synonymous with consequence , my bad. Still against the death sentence thou.