The death penalty is clearly immoral. This is so because life is intrinsically valuable. And this follows from the fact that human beings are ends in themselves. And we know this is true because human beings have a right not to be killed-which follows from the fact that the state has no right to take human life. And why is this true? Because the death penalty is clearly immoral.
A) False cause.
B) Slippery slope.
C) Begging the question.
D) No fallacy.
E) Equivocation.

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The argument is circular, as it assumes its conclusion (that the death penalty is immoral) in its premise (that human life is intrinsically valuable). This is referred to as begging the question.

The Death Penalty Is Clearly Immoral