Crime And Punishment

Question 1

Who decides the Uk’s standards for justice?

Answer 1

The elected gov’t with things originating from the bible=tradition

Question 2

What does it mean to be just in the UK?

Answer 2

Keep society equal/ same law for everyone- followed and enforced
Do what is morally right for the majority

Question 3

What is the Hebrew bible?

Answer 3

The Old Testament (written in Hebrew)

Question 4

What are the 2 key components of biblical justice?

Answer 4

‘Tsdyk’

‘Dikaios’

Question 5

The tsdyk know the rights for the poor; the wicked have no such understanding

Answer 5

Shows biblical justice is to do with rights for the poor.

Poor= someone who is somehow disadvantaged

Question 6

‘According to Gods Law’ - dikaios

Answer 6

Suggests justice is not sinful but pleased God and follows biblical teachings.

Question 7

‘There is no God apart from me, a righteous tsdyk God and a Saviour’ - Isaiah 45:21

Answer 7

God is superior
Justice is always about God
God= personification of justice

Question 8

‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness dikaios’ - Matthew 5:6

Answer 8

To be blessed, you need to be righteous.
To be righteous is a good thing
To follow Gods law is good

Question 9

‘Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God’ - 1 john 3:10

Answer 9

Anyone who does wrong is not a child of God
You must be a child of God to do what is right as it is following teachings
Therefore, only Christians can be righteous

Question 10

What is biblical justice?

Answer 10

To follow gods law and the protection of the poor

Question 11

Secular justice?

Answer 11

According to society and the gov’t as it’s society that benefits from the decisions

Question 12

2 examples of Christians acting justly

Answer 12

1) Christian churches called for the national debt of poor countries to be cancelled
2) A catholic priest stopped josette from being sent back to the country she escaped from after the Rwandan genocide in 1994

Question 13

Why you don’t need to be Christian to have the motivation to be just

Answer 13

• different motives but same passion for motives
• natural instinct to save someone
• not all Christians would go to the extreme of the priest
• some people are more selfless than selfish

Question 14

Uk’s standard for justic

Answer 14

Expected that everyone knows to be fai and stand for the greater good of society e.g human rights