Question by 305 dawg: what would Albert Einstein think about the death penalty and abortion?
just thinking. explain if you can.
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Answer by omfgloleureka7
I don’t know how Albert Einstein thinks dude.
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Alby would be too busy kickin’ a** at physics to worry about such things.
I knew of him but i didn’t know him
Since he’s dead, it might be a little tough getting an answer out of him.
He would want you to think for yourself on such matters.
Good question, unfortunately we can not truly know what Einstein would have thought about abortion, however I am sure he expressed his stance on the death penalty during his life although it might not have been recorded. Though Einstein was intelligent it is unwise to use him as an example because the death penalty and abortion are both opinion based arguments, all you will do is throw Einsteins name into an unneeded situation.
“I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an error of justice, 2) Detrimental moral influence of the execution procedure on those who, whether directly or indirectly, have to do with the procedure.”
—Albert Einstein p.83, Albert Einstein-The human side, Princeton University Press 1979
Didn’t find anything on abortion.
I don’t know. I also wonder what Ghandi thought of particle physics.
how and why would we know that?
all I know is that after doing a lot of work on the atomic bomb and finally seeing it’s terrible effects, he regretted having helped create such a devastating weapon. so he clearly cared about the lives of others. i just don’t think he ever mentioned fetuses or criminals.
He would say, “Death penalties, abortion…well atleast now we have more food to feed the homeless.”
I dont know why you put the death penalty and abortions together, or why you have put this in R&S, or what the point of this question is, lol. But as far as death penalty goes God must agree with them as he does the same thing but worse with Hell.
Have no idea with Albert would think? Why do you want to know what he thinks on these topics?
Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is the same as that of the religious fanatics, and it springs from the same source . . . They are creatures who can’t hear the music of the spheres. (The Expanded Quotable Einstein, Princeton University Press, 2000 p. 214)
Who cares? He was a physicist.
If I want information on physics, I would seek his ideas.
(Just as I don’t listen to famous movie stars when they speak on various things outside their area of expertise.)
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Interesting question. Most of the arguments favoring capital punishment fall into one of three categories: (a) Emotional (“how can you let this monster live???”); (b) Religious (“Eye for an Eye”); or (c) Based on false information (for example, many people think it is more expensive to keep someone in prison for life, when in fact the opposite is true).
On the other hand, the best arguments against the death penalty are based in logic and practicality:
- Mistakes happen. In the last 35 years in the U.S., over 130 people have been released from death row because they were exonerated by DNA and other new evidence (DNA is not available in most homicide cases).
- Because of the legal apparatus designed to minimize wrongful executions, it costs taxpayers MUCH more to execute someone than to imprison them for life.
- It is not a deterrent – violent crime rates are consistently HIGHER in death penalty jurisdictions.
- It is inconsistently and arbitrarily applied.
- It fosters a culture of violence by asserting that killing is an acceptable solution to a problem.
- Life without parole (LWOP) is on the books in most states now (all except Alaska), and it means what it says. People who get this sentence are taken off the streets. For good.
Because Einstein favored logic and reason, he would surely have been against capital punishment.
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