“We own ourselves. This is the core of a libertarian theory of rights. But on this theory, while we are at liberty to kill ourselves (regardless of the consequences of others), we are not allowed to kill others, not even if this means that there we be fewer murders in the future, totally speaking.” IfsMeanLibertyRightsTheoryConsequenceMurderLibertarianCoreFewer Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“Utilitarianism condones killing of innocent human beings, even murder, if it makes the world a better place.” IfsWorldHumansHuman BeingsMurderKillingInnocentBetter PlaceUtilitarianism Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“I have now come to the conclusion (roughly) that capital punishment is defensible, if it can be shown to have a deterrent effect on murder. In that case, a few executions save not only some people from being murdered but also some people from becoming murders.” PeopleIfsCasesEffectsBecomingMurderPunishmentConclusionExecutionCapital PunishmentDeterrent Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“It is hard to tell if capital punishment has such an effect. And even if, in some contexts it has (such as in the American South with a very high incidence of murder), this effect may very well go away if a decent welfare state was replaced for the existing social order.” IfsWellsMayHardStatesOrderSocialEffectsMurderSouthPunishmentWelfareDecentGoing AwayReplacedWelfare StateSocial OrderCapital PunishmentIncidence Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“I want to think that there are better ways of obviating murder than to resort to capital punishment, but I realise that this may be wishful thinking on my part.” ThinkingWayWantMayMurderPunishmentRealisingResortsBetter WaysWishful ThinkingCapital Punishment Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
