Subject: Values System of Education (Edu 217) : Extra Judicial Killing and Death Penalty
Subject: Values System of Education (Edu 217) : Extra Judicial Killing and Death Penalty
Subject: Values System of Education (Edu 217) : Extra Judicial Killing and Death Penalty
Execution Methods
• Beheading
• Electrocution
• Hanging
• Lethal injection
• Shooting
Juvenile Executions
The use of the death penalty for crimes committed by people younger than 18 is
prohibited under international human rights law, yet some countries still sentence to
death and execute juvenile defendants. Such executions are few compared to the total
number of executions recorded by Amnesty International each year.
However, their significance goes beyond their number and calls into question the
commitment of the executing states to respect international law.
Since 1990 Amnesty International has documented 145 executions of child offenders in
10 countries: China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi
Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, the USA and Yemen.
Several of these countries have changed their laws to exclude the practice. Iran has
executed more than twice as many child offenders as the other nine countries
combined. At the time of writing Iran has executed at least 97 child offenders since
1990.
In 2018, most known executions took place in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Viet Nam and
Iraq – in that order.
China remains the world’s top executioner – but the true extent of the use of the death
penalty in China is unknown as this data is classified as a state secret; the global figure
of at least 690 recorded in 2018 excludes the thousands of executions believed to have
been carried out in China.
Excluding China, 78% of all reported executions took place in just four countries – Iran,
Saudi Arabia, Viet Nam and Iraq.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
VEDASTO J. SAMONTE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
LAOAG CITY
S.Y. 2019-2020
Subject: VALUES SYSTEM OF EDUCATION (EDU 217)
because we deal with paradoxes in our daily lives. A paradox is two (or more)
seemingly true statements that lead to a contradiction or seem to defy logic. The
seem true.
The first of the hypothetical paths is the path of wisdom — it’s the path that
anyone who is seeking to understand their life and the problems in it is following, and it’s
a path that can only ever truly be pursued alone; the path of the enlightened ones. The
second of the hypothetical paths is the path of compassion — it’s the path that anyone
who is seeking meaning in their life is following, and it’s a path that is forced to embrace
suffering and dissatisfaction due to the complexities that arise when other people are in
In the day to day lives of most people, these paths intersect and interact, and they
challenge and contradict each other. Sometimes, we find ourselves looking inwardly, at
our wants and needs, cravings and aversions, trying to satisfy or resist them, working on
ourselves at the expense of the outside world so we can move a little farther along.
Other times, we feel a responsibility towards others. Their problems become our
problems, their joys our joys, and often, we work on them at the expense of ourselves
because without these people all the inward work would feel hollow.
If this is still a little abstract, let’s make it more concrete: Life is ultimately a single-
player game, but the only thing that truly makes it worth living has something to do with
our relationships to other people, and this paradox sits at the core what it means to be a
human being.
And with the paradox, it just shows how we are not perfect. We live in a society
with flaws and aspirations. Not everyone can be fulfilled, but showing your individuality
puts you apart from everyone else keeping your mind sane and having your own creed
beliefs. Though we are only human, our government leaders are not perfect and are
only as ambiguous as the rest of society, it’s our job to get through life knowing what