Question

Suppose a utilitarian abolitionist argues that the death penalty is too costly to implement in a democratic society. a plausible nonconsequentialist reply is that

Answer 1

Non-Consequentialist answers contend that intercessions are unjustified for reasons having nothing to do with their outcomes. So we can say that the answer would be based on the problem is that the death penalty is a just punishment, then the costs involved do not matter.