Chapter 8, Question 2

Sister Helen Prejean believes that the death penalty is wrong and goes off the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Many Christians today would actually be in favor of the death penalty. It is kind of funny how people who go the teachings of the bible would be in favor of this. I believe that people should not decide who gets to live on die in this world. It is not our job to judge others. Regardless the person who committed a horrible crime did in fact commit it, it should not be other people’s place to just say their life should end because of it. Not only do I believe it is morally wrong, but it is also very costly on top of it. Having to spend a lot of money to kill someone? That seems a bit too much in my opinion. Lastly, killing someone is giving that person an easy way out instead of letting them think about what they have done for the rest of their life.   

Chapter 8 Question #1

After I read this chapter, I believe that many people attempt to argue with others without having the facts. I feel like many people feel it is more important to win an argument rather than accept the fact they are wrong. It is not so much, they feel as though they are right and use their opinions and biased, although many people do, but a lot of people just flat out do not want to feel defeat so they are willing to say whatever they can in order to win. In the end, the person who has the facts will usually if not always win in the end. I have had this experience before. I was at work and I had just started my shift at work and I a worker from the kitchen came out to my area and yelled at me, because he said I did not notify him in time to let him know we needed more food. I told him that I was unaware of what was going on and he did not care. I then had to let him know I had just clocked in and that I had no fault. Not having all the facts and information can be a very bad thing.

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