a: capital punishment ~
b: state-sponsored murder
What:
"One objection is metaphorical: capital punishment is like state-sponsored murder. If murder is forbidden by the state, then the state should be forbidden from murdering its citizens. This objection fails. Take other metaphors: imprisonment is state-sponsored kidnapping or levying fines is state-sponsored extortion. Neither is .."
Useful?
Writer: Thom Brooks
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Where:
Date: Dec 9 2017 4:42 PM
# 11673 Critique Analogy