I think he would not be in favor of capital punishment because he would think that killing someone is wrong here, whereas putting someone in death for killing someone else would be wrong. whatever the emotion involved. Ayer was an analytical philosopher, so he was more concerned with what you meant by capital punishment than with your emotions on the issue. Ayer would be more concerned with what is right and wrong, as opposed to what you think is right and wrong. There is no gray area with Ayer. Killing someone and stealing someone's lunch money would be the same thing in Ayers' eyes because it's