The issue of forgiving a criminal (for example, commuting a death sentence to life in prison) forces us to confront a contradiction between mercy (giving someone a break) and
A) justice (giving someone what he deserves) .
B) utility (giving someone what will make him happy) .
C) love (giving someone unconditional acceptance) .
D) fallibility (the tendency to err) .
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