Which of the Following Is Not a Premise in Van

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a premise in van den Haag's response to the objection that the death penalty is morally impermissible because death by execution is degrading and dehumanizing?

A) It is not the penalty that is dehumanizing, but the murderer's own crime.
B) To believe the penalty is degrading to the criminal is to mistake an effect for a cause.
C) If a punishment has a deterrent effect, it cannot be considered degrading or inhuman.
D) Death is our common human fate and cannot be degrading or inhuman in itself.