Crime And Punishment 2️⃣✅ Flashcards
What is an old testament teaching for retribution?
‘An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth’
What is the story of Angiulimala?
Angiulimala was a murderer. When he met the Buddha, the Buddha didn’t try and punish him for his crimes, he urged him to live a better life. The story teaches that reformation is important
What is the first moral precept?
‘Abstain from taking life’
What is the 4th moral precept?
‘Abstain from using harmful language’
What is the 5th moral precept?
‘Abstain from using intoxicants that cloud the mind’
What are the 3 poisions?
Greed, Hatred & Ignorance
What is Jesus’ golden rule?
‘Do unto others what you would have them do unto you’
How many times does Jesus expect Christians to forgive?
70 x 7 times
What are 2 examples of the 10 commandments?
That are specifically applicable to crime and punishment
‘thou shalt not murder’
& ‘thou shalt not steal’
What is the belief that all life is God-given and all human life is sacred
Sanctity of life
What is ahimsa?
Ahimsa is a Buddhist teaching that means ‘do no harm’
What is a 2nd iteration of Jesus’ golden rule
‘Love thy neighbour’
What is a hate crime?
A hate crime is a crime motivated by hatred (homophobia, racism, sexism ect…)
What is a deterrent?
A deterrent is when you punish someone to put other people from committing the same crime
What is retribuion?
Retribution is when people take action on a criminal
What is reformation?
Reformation is a punishment to change the criminal to be a good person
What is capital punishment?
A punishment that involves death by execution
What is forgiveness?
Showing mercy and pardoning someone for what they have done wrong
What is corpral punishment?
A punishment that inflicts physical pain on the offender
What is community service?
A punishment that involves the offender doing unpaid work in the community
What is free will?
The ability of people to mare decisions for themselves without any constraint
Name 5 reasons why people commit crimes
Addiction, greed, upbringing, poverty, mental illness
What is a crime?
An action against the law & requires a punishment
What are Christian attitudes to crime?
The Bible warns Christians against having evil thoughts/ intentions. Therefore Christians would ne more willing to treat an offender who had good intentions rather than one who acted out of evil intentions.
What are Christian attitudes towards law breakers?
Christians do not believe that people are evil but they do believe that people can be tempted to do wrong and break the law. Therefore because Christians are taught to love the sinner, hate. the sin’, they tend to forgive law breakers
What are Christian attitudes towards corporal punishment?
Most Christians do not support the use of physical pain as a form of punishment & much prefer to reform a criminal than punish them forgive 70 x 7 - jesus’s golden rule - do to others as you would have them do onto you.
What is the 2nd moral precept?
‘Abstain from taking what is not freely given’
What is the principle of utility?
That an action is right if it intends to produce the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people.
What are the 3 aims of punishment?
Retribution
Reformation
Deterrent
Name the main treatments of criminals
- Community service
- prison
- corporal punishment
- forgiveness
- the death penalty (capital punishment)
What is a Christian attitude to the death penalty (captial punishment)?
The sanctity of life implies all human life is precious and sacred and shouldnt be taken under any circumstances - therefore many christians would tend to oppose the death penalty as it goes directly against the death penalty. - although some could argue eye for an eye
What is a Buddhist attitude to the death penalty (capital punishment)?
Buddhists believe in ahimsa - to do no harm AND the 1st moral precept - to abstain from taking life - therefore many if not all Buddhists would highly dislike the idea of the death pentalty/ capital punishment as it goes against a plethora of there core beliefs.
What is a Buddhist attitude towards corporal punishment?
Simillarly to the death penatlty Ahimsa can be applied to this argument, but the 1st moral precept cannot as it states to abstain from taking life - corporal punishment only envokes physical harm to its criminals. Alongside ahimsa metta could be used as a point in this argument as corporal punishment certainly doesnt show loving-kindness
What is a Christian belief for forgiveness?
Jesus taught to forgive 70 x 7 times - therefore under most circumstances many christians would agree and prefer forgiveness as a form of punishment - counter argument and eye for an eye
What is a Buddhist belief for forgiveness?
A buddhist teaching that applies to this would be to show metta for the criminal and to prevent dukkha to give the criminal a much better experience.
What is a punishment?
Something commonly negative done by the government/state to criminals
What is prison?
A place where criminals are sent to withdraw their freedom as a form of punishmet for their crimes
What is poverty?
Not having enough money to live a comfortable life
