quiz 7 Flashcards
Arguments against the death penalty include
the death penalty undermines human dignity
Retentionists’ view of the death penalty include
Expresses an appropriate demand for justice
Biblical teaching on Capital Punishment include:
Murder (Exodus 21: 12-14)
b.
Adultery (Leviticus 20:10-21)
c.
Sodomy or homosexual sex (Leviticus 20:13)
In the Bible, Capital punishment can be organized in certain violations including
Violation against the sanctity of life
b.
Violation against the source of life
c.
Violation against the purity of worship
The Mosaic law as a rule of life is not applicable in the same way it was in Israel during the Old Testament times because:
The New Testament clearly teaches that the ceremonial law is neither necessary nor appropriate because of the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ.
b.
The law of God was automatically the law of the land
The Abolitionists extend the best bet arguments to include
Erroneously executed people as part of the group of the innocent
The life-for-life principle and its link to the image of God in human beings seems to support the notion that:
Murder and the consequence of murder are not morally the same thing.
b.
It is based on the unchanging truth that God created human beings in his own image.
Procedural abolitionists argue that the death penalty
Is discriminatory
b.
Oppresses the most disadvantaged group in society
c.
Is unjust
The life-for-life principle is important because it is based on the unchanging truth that God created human beings in his own image
true
Among the crimes the Bible prescribes the death penalty include premarital sexual promiscuity
true
The Bible seems to allow for the death penalty in principle as long as the absolute certainty of guilt is established.
true
v=Retentionist are those who reject the death penalty
false
Procedural elements such as the possibility of mistakes and the death penalty’s unfair application, are cause of concern, regardless of how a person views the death penalty.
true
Abolitionists claim that the demand for “justice” is inconsistent with Jesus’ ethics of forgiveness and redemption.
true
Retentionists argue that the death penalty removes the prospect of Rehabilitation that could lead to a criminal becoming a productive member of society again.
false
The problem with bringing Jesus’ ethic of forgiveness to bear on the issue of the death penalty is the way deontologists confuse personal ethics and social ethics.
false
Abolitionists argue that the cost of executing an innocent person is so high that, given the ambiguity of the deterrence argument, society ought to bet for the death penalty.
false
Retentionists argue that society should not have to bear the cost of a life term.
true
n the Old Testament Israel, the people did not vote on the laws to which they were to be subject. No legislative body made the law and no executive branch enforced them.
true
The Old Testament did not prescribe the death penalty for sodomy or homosexuality.
false
