We cannot make moral judgements about other cultures or eras; each time and place has its own morality.’ Do you agree? Why? Why not? What do you understand from this sentence? For example, in ancient times in China, cut off hands for theft. In the Bible (Christianity), the death penalty is often a punishment for a serious crime. There are indications of the need for the death penalty for such crimes as murder, insults, fortune telling or beating the father or mother, kidnapping. The Bible mentions three methods of capital punishment - stoning, burning and hanging. We agree. So it would be right, because now a lot of theft, murder. But we live in the 21st century - the modern century. If we cut off the hands of someone, for theft, we go to jail. For example In the USSR capital punishment - shooting. The Talmud (Judaism) mentions four forms of the death penalty, to which the court sentences : stoning, burning, the sword of punishment and strangulation. At present, the laws of different states (the United States) provide for the death penalty five ways: Hanging Shooting Electric chair Gas chamber Lethal injection