Crime And Punishment 2️⃣✅

Question 1

What is an old testament teaching for retribution?

Answer 1

‘An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth’

Question 2

What is the story of Angiulimala?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

What is the first moral precept?

Answer 3

‘Abstain from taking life’

Question 4

What is the 4th moral precept?

Answer 4

‘Abstain from using harmful language’

Question 5

What is the 5th moral precept?

Answer 5

‘Abstain from using intoxicants that cloud the mind’

Question 6

What are the 3 poisions?

Answer 6

Greed, Hatred & Ignorance

Question 7

What is Jesus’ golden rule?

Answer 7

‘Do unto others what you would have them do unto you’

Question 8

How many times does Jesus expect Christians to forgive?

Answer 8

70 x 7 times

Question 9

What are 2 examples of the 10 commandments?

That are specifically applicable to crime and punishment

Answer 9

‘thou shalt not murder’
& ‘thou shalt not steal’

Question 10

What is the belief that all life is God-given and all human life is sacred

Answer 10

Sanctity of life

Question 11

What is ahimsa?

Answer 11

Ahimsa is a Buddhist teaching that means ‘do no harm’

Question 12

What is a 2nd iteration of Jesus’ golden rule

Answer 12

‘Love thy neighbour’

Question 13

What is a hate crime?

Answer 13

A hate crime is a crime motivated by hatred (homophobia, racism, sexism ect…)

Question 14

What is a deterrent?

Answer 14

A deterrent is when you punish someone to put other people from committing the same crime

Question 15

What is retribuion?

Answer 15

Retribution is when people take action on a criminal

Question 16

What is reformation?

Answer 16

Reformation is a punishment to change the criminal to be a good person

Question 17

What is capital punishment?

Answer 17

A punishment that involves death by execution

Question 18

What is forgiveness?

Answer 18

Showing mercy and pardoning someone for what they have done wrong

Question 19

What is corpral punishment?

Answer 19

A punishment that inflicts physical pain on the offender

Question 20

What is community service?

Answer 20

A punishment that involves the offender doing unpaid work in the community

Question 21

What is free will?

Answer 21

The ability of people to mare decisions for themselves without any constraint

Question 22

Name 5 reasons why people commit crimes

Answer 22

Addiction, greed, upbringing, poverty, mental illness

Question 23

What is a crime?

Answer 23

An action against the law & requires a punishment

Question 24

What are Christian attitudes to crime?

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

What are Christian attitudes towards law breakers?

Answer 25

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

Question 26

What are Christian attitudes towards corporal punishment?

Answer 26

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.

Question 27

What is the 2nd moral precept?

Answer 27

‘Abstain from taking what is not freely given’

Question 28

What is the principle of utility?

Answer 28

That an action is right if it intends to produce the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people.

Question 29

What are the 3 aims of punishment?

Answer 29

Retribution
Reformation
Deterrent

Question 30

Name the main treatments of criminals

Answer 30

• Community service
• prison
• corporal punishment
• forgiveness
• the death penalty (capital punishment)

Question 31

What is a Christian attitude to the death penalty (captial punishment)?

Answer 31

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

Question 32

What is a Buddhist attitude to the death penalty (capital punishment)?

Answer 32

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.

Question 33

What is a Buddhist attitude towards corporal punishment?

Answer 33

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

Question 34

What is a Christian belief for forgiveness?

Answer 34

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

Question 35

What is a Buddhist belief for forgiveness?

Answer 35

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.

Question 36

What is a punishment?

Answer 36

Something commonly negative done by the government/state to criminals

Question 37

What is prison?

Answer 37

A place where criminals are sent to withdraw their freedom as a form of punishmet for their crimes

Question 38

What is poverty?

Answer 38

Not having enough money to live a comfortable life