Jewish

• Jews should be citizens doing good
• If you break the law you should be punished
• Human rights need to be respected
• Teshuva


  Return to God

  Repent and forgive
• The death penalty is last resort
• important to protect society even if it means putting someone up to death
• War is morally acceptable if…


  Protection and self defence

  prevention of greater evil

  restoring law and order

  efforts made to avoid war
• Milchemet mitzvah 


  War commanded by God

  obliged to go to war
• Milchemet reshut


  Optional war

  must be good reason