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Originally Posted by MoJoPokeyBlue
A hundred years from now we'll look back, scratch our heads and wonder what the hell we were thinking! As we evolve as a society, we'll begin to understand that putting people to death reflects who we are, and we're not going to like what we see. At one point we thought that burning witches at the stake was the right thing to do as well.
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Of course that was probably due more to most people not believing witches exist rather than a change in values. Cursing people and sacrificing/eating children would probably still be met with cries for death today.
What exactly do you mean by "putting people to death reflects who we are"? I don't see how your prediction of future popular opinion really addresses the underlying question of morality.