Week Twenty - Definitions Flashcards
1
Q
What is Philosophy?
A
Philosophy is reflecting critically on the way things are. That includes reflecting critically on social and political and economic arrangements. It always intimates the possibility that things could be other than they are. And better.’
(Michael Sandel in Edmonds and Warburton 2010: xxi)
2
Q
What is Punishment?
A
A practice of blaming
Pain, hardship, deprivation or at least something unwanted
It must be for an offence - the offence must be not only the occasion but also the reason for punishment
It must be imposed on the offender
It must be imposed by an authority
