Pro-life social conservatives also endorse the death penalty

Evidence

Social conservatives who generally are pro-lifers are proponents of the death penalty (Zmirak, 2013). They base their moral justification on retributive justice in the name of their faith. In theological support of their view, they cite incidents from the Bible when capital punishment was imposed. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1886

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• ADDENDUM: Relevant to the article ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ in spirit — moral positions claimed from faith are selectively applied; also echoes the book’s theme that moral principles are selectively engaged depending on context.
• XREF: connects to: Some pro-life Christians reject abortion as pro-life’s sole defining issue — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 117