Stephen Nathanson An Eye for an Eye?

Which maxim best summarizes the principle of lex talionis?

An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth..

According to Nathanson, why is the principle of lex talionis initially attractive?

all of the above (It's consistent with our intuition that what a person deserves depends on what he does, It doesn't appear to depend on any particular legal or political institution, and It seems to provide a clear measure for the appropriateness of punishment).

Nathanson claims that abolishing the death penalty would

be inconsistent with lex talionis.

According to Nathanson, when someone commits murder, he

gives up some, but not all, of his rights..

If Nathanson's proportional retributivism is true, then

murder must be punished more harshly than assault

Which of the following is inconsistent with Nathanson's proportional retributivism?

punishing an innocent person to prevent a riot

The principle of lex talionis would require us to

rape rapists

According to Nathanson, the proportionality principle fail to support the death penalty because

the principle is silent about what the most severe punishment should be