Attitudes to Punishment Flashcards
1
Q
Jewish attitudes to punishment? (3)
A
Retribution - using punishment as revenge.
Capital punishment - killing due to crime.
The punishments aren’t part of the mitzvot.
2
Q
SOWAA for punishment? (2)
A
‘whatever he has done must be done to him’
‘murderer shall be put to death’
3
Q
Why can punishment be regarded as justice? (3)
A
Retributive justice makes punishment proportionate to the crime committed.
Punishment allows the criminal to atone for the crime they committed.
Good are rewarded, bad are punished.
