I have now come to the conclusion (roughly) that capital punishment is defensible, if it can be shown to have a deterrent effect on murder. In that case, a few executions save not only some people from being murdered but also some people from becoming murders.

The democratic thought is based on that 'ordinary people' are suitable to rule themselves.

Utilitarianism condones killing of innocent human beings, even murder, if it makes the world a better place.

It is of note that even if utilitarianism has proved to be superior to deontology and the libertarian moral rights theory in the area of killing, we are not allowed to say that it has been finally vindicated; it has to face other challenges in other areas, in particular in situations of distributive justice.

We should not accept moral nihilism unless we find strong arguments to do so.

I am a left winger, thought.

Are there any good arguments in defence of moral nihilism? I think not.