Man is a social animal. We live by agreed understandings. When understanding is breached, it demands a balancing of accounts.
Then we seek justice. Sometimes that requires retribution.
There is always doubt. Every choice is uncertain. The best we can do is find the balance, pursue the best compromise, among the need, the cost, and uncertainty.
Man is a social animal. We live by agreed understandings. When understanding is breached, it demands a balancing of accounts.
Then we seek justice. Sometimes that requires retribution.
There is always doubt. Every choice is uncertain. The best we can do is find the balance, pursue the best compromise, among the need, the cost, and uncertainty.
Disregarding need and cost, the uncertainty is the scariest part of the death penalty, in my opinion.
Uncertainty is the price of any decision. There are things that must be done, but never lightly.
War. Sacrifice. Trade-offs of all kinds.