The sentencing objective based on the principle of "an-eye-for-an-eye", which means that what one person has done to another should also be done to that person in return.Is that not justified especially in cases of premeditated murder of another human begin, another life? The argument which is used by anti-capital punishment advocates is that we should value all human life, even the most violent and deviant ones. Thisway of thinking indicates that there is nothing more to humanity than the physical traits that identify our species. But there is so much more than just physical traits that distinguish our species. There is an entire spiritual aspect to humanity that the critics tend to completely ignore. Anybody can be physically human. All that is, is an accident of genetics. It is the spiritual aspects of humanity that actually define who and what we are. Being human on a spiritual level means having compassion and respect for all that is good and decent. We respect others rights to life, liberty , and happiness, and we do not infringe on others inalienable rights for our own benefit. Murderers display none of those traits. Our spiritual traits is where our true differences lie. When a culture develops it's moral structure to recognize humanity in both a spiritual and physical aspect, as opposed to a mere physical existence, it will not beable to allow, tolerate, or preserve evil and barbarianism just because it exists inside a physical human shell. ### Using a morals arguement, opponents of the death penalty will contend that execution is the same as murder. They will insist that the use of capital punishment to stop murder is like fighting fire with fire, and thatexecuting the criminal makes the state no better than the murderer. If the death penalty is murder, then certainly killing someone in a war to defend your country is murder. Therefore, our country should not fight in any more wars. This proposition is ridiculous. E...
