Which Great Thinker Said This About The Death Penalty? "Look - Examine - Reflect. You Hold Capital Punishment Up As An Example. Why? Because Of What It Teaches. And Just What Is It That You Wish To Teach By Means Of This Example? That Thou Shalt Not Kill. And How Do You Teach That "Thou Shalt Not Kill"? By Killing."

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881) is one of the greatest writers / philosphers of all time. Dostoevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. He is also considered one of the greatest psychologists in world literature.