In this selection Bedau first draws an analogy between self-defense and the death penalty. Just as in defending ourselves we are to use no more force than is necessary to prevent harm, so in punishing criminals we are to use no more violence than is necessary to adequately punish the criminal. Bedau then argues that neither the deterrence nor the retributive argument for capital punishment is a good argument. He thinks that the literal application of the lex talionis is barbaric and that long-term imprisonment is adequate punishment.
-According to Blum, racist doctrines were not fully used to justify slavery in the Americas until the nineteenth century.

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Blum argues that racist doctrines became a more prominent justification for slavery in the Americas during the nineteenth century, aligning with historical shifts in racial ideologies.

In This Selection Bedau First Draws an Analogy Between Self-Defense