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These verbal demonstrations of your knowledge should be just that; write out in complete sentences, an academic demonstration of your comprehension of the Outcome. The fifth outcome requires you to formulate a thesis (statement) regarding the subject matter of that particular chapter; the thesis statement should contain an AGENT (who or what), an ACTION (the activity in question), and a MORAL JUDGMENT (it's morally good or bad, right or wrong, etc.) and underline it, for example, "Jaywalking, as a form of civil disobedience is morally wrong." Then go on to support your thesis implementing one of the eight theories (frameworks) egoism, hedonism, naturalism and virtue theory, existentialism, Kantianism, utilitarianism, contractualism and religion.
1. Understand the definition of capital punishment and related concepts including prevention, deterrence, lex talionis, and retributivism.
2. Distinguish between retentionist and abolitionist arguments regarding capital punishment.
3. Explore implications that follow from legislative decisions regarding capital punishment, including the uses of capital punishment in the United States.
4. Evaluate the merits and shortcomings of moral arguments for and against capital punishment.
5. Apply two ethical theories to a contemporary case and/or debate regarding capital punishment.