"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." Because I agree with Mahatma Gandhi‚ I affirm the resolution which states Resolved: Rehabilitation ought to be valued above Retribution in the US Criminal Justice System. To clarify the round‚ I offer the following definitions: Retribution: punishment is intentional harming‚ with the aim of harming. (Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Nick Smith‚ University of New Hampshire Department of Philosophy) Ought to be valued above: Moral
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revenge is self-destructive‚ he constantly “burn[s] with rage to pursue the murderer of [his] peace” (121). For years and years‚ Victor Frankenstein’s hunger for retribution grows and his feelings of rage‚ loneliness‚ regret‚ and even suicide‚ intensifies and the emotions consume his former‚ passionate self. By representing the lust for retribution as “burning”‚ Shelly suggests that experiencing such a profound feeling of rage can create an unstoppable force
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controversial issue. Is it acceptable and appropriate system of punishing criminals or not? As for me I support the death penalty‚ because it serves as retribution. Guilty people deserve to be punished in proportion to the severity of their crime. Robert Macy‚ District Attorney of Oklahoma City‚ described his concept of the need for retribution in one case: "In 1991‚ a young mother was rendered helpless and made to watch as her baby was executed. The mother was then mutilated and killed. The killer
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He tried to talk Joey into talking to him again. He never gets retribution but the other characters in the movie do. When Vicki leaves him would be considered as her retribution. Another form of retribution would be when Joey and Jake have a falling out with each other. In the end Jake finally gets his redemption when Joey finally agrees to at least talk to him later on. Another example of guilt‚ sin‚ redemption‚ and retribution is in Jake’s boxing career. In the beginning‚ of his career when
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Hawkshadow Lvl. 1 129 Lvl. 2 170 Generator: Melee Mk 1 → 5 Lvl. 3 207 Carapace: Melee Mk 1 → 5 Sinew Fiber: Common Mk 1 → 3 Lvl. 4 258 Generator: Melee Mk 2 → 5 Manipulator: AllPurpose Mk 1 → 3 Lvl. 5 342 Carapace: Melee Mk 2 → 5 UpperLimb Fiber: All Purpose Mk 2 → 3 Ferrous Fiber: AllPurpose Mk 2 → 3 Hawkshadow – Galeforce Lvl. 1 353 UpperLimb Armor: Melee → 5 Exhaust Manifold: TType I → 3 [24] Winged Exoskeleton: TType I → 1 [24]
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punishments being used to deter people; they could also be used to isolate‚ retribution‚ and rehabilitate criminals. The question that is related to this essay is; what was the goal of older punishment and what is the goal of modern punishment? Out of the four points of punishments I could easily point out the prime difference between older punishments and modern punishments. Older punishments were focused on retribution; modern punishments are focused on rehabilitation. If I had to list the focus
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All this administration of agriculture required much more careful planning‚ since each farmer had to produce a far greater excess of produce than he would actually consume. And all the bureaucratic record keeping demanded some kind of efficient system of measuring long periods of time. So the Sumerians invented calendars‚ which they divided into twelve months based on the cycle of the moon. Since a year consisting of twelve lunar months is considerably shorter than a solar year‚ the Sumerians added
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ensure that the crime does not happen again by the same individual. The United States currently uses four types of punishment; retribution‚ deterrence‚ rehabilitation‚ and social protection. Retribution can be described as‚ “An act of moral vengeance by which society makes the offender suffer as much as the suffering caused by the crime” (Macionis‚ p. 182). Retribution works to find a punishment that most fits the crime. If a person steals items from a store will removing their hand stop them from
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Punishment:When a crime is committed many may wonder why it happened‚ but most everyone believes that the person that committed the crime should be punished. The concept of justification for punishment is to deter deviant behavior. Retribution‚ deterrence‚ rehabilitation and societal protection are the four justifications for punishment currently used in today ’s society. These four forms of punishment are used in today ’s society in an attempt deter criminal activity and to lower crime rates. Research
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(Negative Constructive Speech) Practicability As the third speaker of the Negative team‚ I strongly oppose to this resolution‚ Resolved‚ That Death Penalty Be Restored in the Philippines. Why? Because Death Penalty deprives people the right to life. In Article II‚ Section11 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states: "The State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights". The Commission on Human Rights has opposed the enactment of any law re-imposing
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