Friday, March 5, 2010
Forgiveness is the answer, there is no such thing as revenge.
Does the state have the right to kill another person? What if that person has committed a serious act of crime, such as murder or even genocide? Well, no matter how grave the crime committed by the person is, he/she should not undergo death penalty. Under no circumstance should the human race commit such grave act, we must achieve to build a non-violent society. "The ideally nonviolent state would be an ordered anarchy". If we want to achieve this then we must follow principles such as truth, nonviolence, simplicity and faith. The state does not have the right to kill a criminal since every one of us are mortals, we are human beings who deserve to live and all our sins will be forgiven by God. Nobody but God should determine the outcome of our life. If we want a peaceful environment then people must be able to follow norms, values and respect them. When a criminal has done such terrible act, then the ethical thing that she/he must do is tell the truth. Confess, that person must not be ashamed of what he/she has done since we are all mortals who commit mistakes in life, and we learn from our mistakes. There is a purpose after all of why we study history, and it is to learn from our past and to avoid the same mistake. People should be devotes to faith, they must have something to believe in, something strong enough to hold their faith tight enough until death. If people achieve faith and truth, then they will soon eventually become a peaceful-minded person. Peaceful minds do not think of death penalties as a solution to anything, or not even as revenge. Death penalty is not goood, either ethical nor moral. This does not bring anything to solution, it just brings more violence to society and war. Thats not what we want, we want peace, not war. We must learn how to forgive as human beings, we must atain ourselves to faith and truth.
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I completely agree with this since it is against Holy law to take another person's life. Two wrongs don't make a right.
ReplyDelete- Thomas Aquinas