[Part 2]- Theme E- Crime and Punishment 🚔💰

Question 1

What are the seven causes of crime ?

Answer 1

• poverty
• upbringing
• mental illness
• greed
• addiction
• hate
• opposition to an unjust law

Question 2

What is are Christian responses to poverty as a reason, why people commit crime?

Hint: poverty, upbringing, mental illness, greed, hate, opposition of unjust laws.

Answer 2

• Poverty: stealing is wrong but people should do what they can, to make sure nobody finds themselves having to steal, because of poverty.

Question 3

What is are Christian responses to upbringing as a reason, why people commit crime ?

Answer 3

• Upbringing: parents should teach their children the right way to behave (through their own words + actions).

Question 4

What is are Christian responses to mental illness, as a reason why people commit crime?

Answer 4

Mental illness: treating the cause of the illness is most loving thing to do.

Question 5

What is are Christian responses to addiction, as a reason for why people commit crime?

Answer 5

Addiction: Christians are against taking illegal drugs + support rehabilitation as a way of dealing with addiction.

Question 6

What is are Christian responses to greed, as a reason why people commit crime?

Answer 6

Greed: The Ten Commandments forbid envy, this is because envy leads to greed.

Hate: Jesus taught to love everyone including enemies. As he said: ‘love your enemies’

Opposition to an unjust law: some Christians may agree with this, if no harm is involved.

Question 7

What is a Christian response to hate, as a reason why people commit crime?

Answer 7

Hate: Jesus taught to love everyone including enemies. As he said: ‘love your enemies’

Question 8

What is a Christian response to opposition to an unjust law, as a reason why people commit crime?

Answer 8

Opposition to an unjust law: some Christians may agree with this, if no harm is involved.

Question 9

What is are Buddhist responses to some reasons why people commit crime?

Answer 9

Poverty: stealing breaks the 2nd moral precept (abstain from taking what is not freely given)

Upbringing: people need to grow up in supportive conditions

Mental illness: Because everyone sees reality in a distorted way, this leads people to cause suffering to themselves + others

Addiction: 5th moral precept encourages Buddhist not to take intoxicants that cloud the mind.

Greed: greed is one of the three poisons, and acting out of greed is unskillful because it leads to suffering.

Hate: hatred is also one of the three poisons + is also one of the main causes of suffering

Opposition to an unjust law: Buddhists May disobey a law that expresses prejudice + hatred.

Question 10

What is are Buddhist responses to some reasons why people commit crime?

Answer 10

Poverty: stealing breaks the 2nd moral precept (abstain from taking what is not freely given)

Upbringing: people need to grow up in supportive conditions

Mental illness: Because everyone sees reality in a distorted way, this leads people to cause suffering to themselves + others

Addiction: 5th moral precept encourages Buddhist not to take intoxicants that cloud the mind.

Greed: greed is one of the three poisons, and acting out of greed is unskillful because it leads to suffering.

Hate: hatred is also one of the three poisons + is also one of the main causes of suffering

Opposition to an unjust law: Buddhists May disobey a law that expresses prejudice + hatred.

Question 11

What is are Buddhist responses to some reasons why people commit crime?

Answer 11

Poverty: stealing breaks the 2nd moral precept (abstain from taking what is not freely given)

Upbringing: people need to grow up in supportive conditions

Mental illness: Because everyone sees reality in a distorted way, this leads people to cause suffering to themselves + others

Addiction: 5th moral precept encourages Buddhist not to take intoxicants that cloud the mind.

Greed: greed is one of the three poisons, and acting out of greed is unskillful because it leads to suffering.

Hate: hatred is also one of the three poisons + is also one of the main causes of suffering

Opposition to an unjust law: Buddhists May disobey a law that expresses prejudice + hatred.

Question 12

What is are Buddhist responses to some reasons why people commit crime?

Answer 12

Poverty: stealing breaks the 2nd moral precept (abstain from taking what is not freely given)

Upbringing: people need to grow up in supportive conditions

Mental illness: Because everyone sees reality in a distorted way, this leads people to cause suffering to themselves + others

Addiction: 5th moral precept encourages Buddhist not to take intoxicants that cloud the mind.

Greed: greed is one of the three poisons, and acting out of greed is unskillful because it leads to suffering.

Hate: hatred is also one of the three poisons + is also one of the main causes of suffering

Opposition to an unjust law: Buddhists May disobey a law that expresses prejudice + hatred.

Question 13

What is are Buddhist responses to some reasons why people commit crime?

Answer 13

Poverty: stealing breaks the 2nd moral precept (abstain from taking what is not freely given)

Upbringing: people need to grow up in supportive conditions

Mental illness: Because everyone sees reality in a distorted way, this leads people to cause suffering to themselves + others

Addiction: 5th moral precept encourages Buddhist not to take intoxicants that cloud the mind.

Greed: greed is one of the three poisons, and acting out of greed is unskillful because it leads to suffering.

Hate: hatred is also one of the three poisons + is also one of the main causes of suffering

Opposition to an unjust law: Buddhists May disobey a law that expresses prejudice + hatred.

Question 14

What is are Buddhist responses to some reasons why people commit crime?

Answer 14

Poverty: stealing breaks the 2nd moral precept (abstain from taking what is not freely given)

Upbringing: people need to grow up in supportive conditions

Mental illness: Because everyone sees reality in a distorted way, this leads people to cause suffering to themselves + others

Addiction: 5th moral precept encourages Buddhist not to take intoxicants that cloud the mind.

Greed: greed is one of the three poisons, and acting out of greed is unskillful because it leads to suffering.

Hate: hatred is also one of the three poisons + is also one of the main causes of suffering

Opposition to an unjust law: Buddhists May disobey a law that expresses prejudice + hatred.

Question 15

What is are Buddhist responses to some reasons why people commit crime?

Answer 15

Poverty: stealing breaks the 2nd moral precept (abstain from taking what is not freely given)

Upbringing: people need to grow up in supportive conditions

Mental illness: Because everyone sees reality in a distorted way, this leads people to cause suffering to themselves + others

Addiction: 5th moral precept encourages Buddhist not to take intoxicants that cloud the mind.

Greed: greed is one of the three poisons, and acting out of greed is unskillful because it leads to suffering.

Hate: hatred is also one of the three poisons + is also one of the main causes of suffering

Opposition to an unjust law: Buddhists May disobey a law that expresses prejudice + hatred.

Answer 16

• Furthermore it contradicts the golden rule: to do to others what you want them to do to you and causing suffering to others is wrong because although we all suffer, we shouldn’t be causing others to suffer.
• Aswell- corporal punishment contradicts the 1st moral precept + also contradicts Buddhist ethics (the right action)