The Morality of Capital Punishment

The Morality of Capital Punishment

Someone who has committed the heinous crime of murder does not deserve to live and should be put to death by the controlling government, but whether or not the death penalty is moral is still debated. “Every man is judge of good and evil actions,” states Hobbes (Berns 140). This is the primary basis of our morality for which we determine what is right and what is wrong. Homicide and its punishment have been around almost since the beginning of man. And capital punishment has been around for almost as long (Berns 11). Therefore there is no reason to change something that has been a deterrent in our society for so long.
One of the hardest decisions that man has to make is what shall be the punishment
for committing murder, and who shall impose this punishment. As far as man can tell
there were only two different punishments for murder, banishment or death. This is very
similar in today’s society. We have the death penalty or pris...