Question 14 2 pts Regarding the issue of capital punishment, what does Ernest Van Den Haag assert? The social recognition of a murderer's self-degradation is the punitive essence of execution. The practice is always in jeopardy of problems due to the fallibility of our legal system. The issue of morally assessing capital punishment is an interminable debate. Capital punishment is morally unacceptable; there are no exceptions. All of the above.