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Capital punishment

After reading that under social liberalism, "the common good [is] considered as compatible with or superior to the freedom of the individual", I found myself wondering why capital punishment, which is justified by considering the common good superior to the freedom of the individual being thus punished, is conservative rather than liberal. Some goal or value is missing from the delineation, because none of the ones given would lead one to oppose rather than support capital punishment. Philgoetz (talk) 02:50, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Capital punishment is punishment. There is no evidence that it prevents crime. Capital punishment is favored by those who want to hurt people they consider bad. Rick Norwood (talk) 09:49, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"There is no evidence that it prevents crime." As far as I know, it never did. As with any other laws with the explicit intention to intimidate. There are several centuries of data about its ineffectiveness. Dimadick (talk) 10:16, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Essentially they espouse classical liberalism?

The quote in the lede - "Essentially they espouse classical liberalism" - seems very strange to me. Neither the currennt Dems or Repubs satisfy this. Why do the odd opinions of one person get such prominence? William M. Connolley (talk) 17:43, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]