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Retribution provides almost no societal benefit. Most of society doesn’t know or care about any individual crime. Rehabilitation of a single member however wi
by monomyth 2y ago
Retribution provides almost no societal benefit. Most of society doesn’t know or care about any individual crime. Rehabilitation of a single member however will benefit all of society, as you can’t predict all possible social interactions of a single person.
- BoingBoomTschak 2y agoSocial order, the people wronged want to know that the culprit suffered for it, otherwise said people will start to feel the judicial system is disconnected from justice itself. I mean, why do you think Lex Talionis is that historically universal?
- vidarh 2y agoFor my part, I consider inflicting suffering to be fundamentally immoral, because the "moral" justification for retribution relies on the notion of free will, and there is no rational case for free will.
- rustcleaner 2y agoThat is religion. The belief in an eye for an eye to appease Ahura Mazda™, lest our blessings of good fortune run dry next glowing season!
- BoingBoomTschak 2y agoCome on, religion spawns from the culture it's created in, not the opposite.
- ClumsyPilot 2y ago> Social order The caste system and human sacrifice also provide social order. Medieval system of peasants and lords and kings provided social order. Spanish inquisition and torture provide social order.