Punshiment

Question 1

Retribution +

Answer 1

“Tex talionis”
-capital (death penalty)
-corporal (physical pain)

Question 2

Deterrence +

Answer 2

“He who spares the rod hated their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them”

-stop offender from committing crimes
-put off from committing crimes in the first place

Question 3

Reformation

Answer 3

-Show criminals they have done wrong
-opportunity to change

-educational program:
Skills,jobs

-so they don’t need to turn to crime

Question 4

Prison

Answer 4

-which criminals are sent to prison
-conditions that prisoners are kept in
-work in reforming criminals
-high cost

Question 5

Corporal punishment (The Dalai Lama)

Answer 5

“Hatred is not ended by hatred, rather by love”

-Breaks the first moral precept

Question 6

Community service

Answer 6

-help the problem that caused the crime so it’s not repeated
-positive nature
-lesser punishment
“Too soft”
-reforms
-communities benefit

Question 7

Forgiveness + *

Answer 7

“Father forgive them”-Jesus calling to God of his executioners before his death
“70x7”-Jesus (keep forgiving)
-quality of god, copied by believer

-compassion and understanding

Question 8

Death penalty-capital punishment +

Answer 8

“Eye for eye” -the Bible

Principle of utility:
Right action that brings the least suffering or the greatest happiness
Sanctity of life:
Good gave life, only he has the right to take it away