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"Every country should retain the death penalty is the ultimate punishment" - Argue in favour or against this viewpoint, explaining your stance.  

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Moral Dilemmas: Capital Punishment Fatimah Jilani Capital Punishment Hypothesis: "Every country should retain the death penalty is the ultimate punishment." Argue in favour or against this viewpoint, explaining your stance. Everyone has different views on capital punishment, the reason and form it is carried out. Many people make their decisions under the influence of people around them, their residence, their ethnicity and religion, playing the biggest role in guiding people about issues such as capital punishment. Some people feel strongly for the death penalty and others do not. I shall specifically focus on the views of an utilatarianists and social contract theorists and from my own religious perspective as a Muslim. Capital punishment is the legal imposition of death as punishment for violating criminal law. Throughout history, people have been put to death for various forms of misconduct. Methods of execution include lethal injection, electrocution and hanging. About 85 nations have abolished the death penalty...

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