Historically, capital punishment is most often-associated lex talionis, which involves punishment in kind and is commonly expressed in the expression " an eye for an eye". ... Instead he thinks that capital punishment is based on the idea that every person is a valuable and worthy of respect because of their ability to make rational and free choices. ... A key problem with Kant's justification of capital punishment is ideally rational killers, but many killers in this world are not rational. ...

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The ninth principle states that "whereas criminal behavior is an expression of the general needs and values, it is not explained by those needs and values, since non-criminal behavior is an expression of the same needs and values". ... The theory draws upon psychology that assumes rational deliberation; iii. ...

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In the later social stage, people embrace a rational, scientific view of the world. ... Merton thought that the structure of society primarily restrains the free expression of man's fixed native impulses. ... Many psychologist measured deviance as an unlucky expression of the personality and underlined the index. ...

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