I believe that in certain circumstances capital punishment should be allowed, because if someone commits mass murder, they must pay with the ultimate human right of their life . This topic has been widely discussed around the world, with a few philosophers actually sharing my opinions. These are the opinions of Ernest Van Den Haag and Bruce Fein. Philosophers who oppose our views are like Justice William Brennan and Hugo Adam Bedau. I will prove my point using the ideas of deterrence and morality on the issue of capital punishment. If the government showed that if you kill someone, their actions will have consequences and those consequences will be equal to what they did. The population will see that it is not worth taking the life of another human. If we were to kill the people who commit these massacres of innocent people, there wouldn't be as many criminals around. The streets would therefore be a place that people would no longer be afraid of. One of the main debates over the pros and cons of capital punishment is whether it would deter other criminals from committing extreme crimes. I believe that allowing the use of capital punishment would deter others from committing such crimes, thereby saving more innocent lives. Ernest Van Den Haag said in a 1983 New York Times article: "Common sense, recently reinforced by statistics, tells us that the death penalty will deter murder... People fear nothing but dead. Therefore, nothing will deter a criminal more. that the fear of death... life in prison is less feared. Murderers clearly prefer it to execution -- otherwise, they wouldn't be trying to get a life sentence instead of death... Therefore, a life sent... ... middle of paper ......complete sanity believes that killing other human beings for his own happiness and pleasure, he is not fit to live in this world and therefore should be removed from it before more harm occurs be caused in place for more innocent human lives, whose life may be that of someone who cures cancer, connects all countries together through harmony, or is capable of prolonging the lives of many deserving people if we let's eliminate those who have harmed us. we will live in a world in which the law is encouraged by all and with which we will live in a more pleasant friendly environment. Works CitedBonevac, Daniel A. Moral Issues Today: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Pub., 1992. Print. Fein, Bruce. “Individual Rights and Responsibilities – The Death Penalty, but Sparingly.” Speech. American Bar Association. February 2003. Web. November 20. 2013.