PHLB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Reprobation, Dooring, Consequentialism
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Individual acts of punishment will be justified by reference to the existing laws and procedures of our justice system. We judge the appropriateness of some individual act of punishment by reference to exist. Having seen the concept of punishment, it is clear that the practice needs to be justified. Usually inflicting burdens or pain on a person is not morally acceptable. B(cid:455) (cid:858)the p(cid:396)o(cid:373)otio(cid:374) of good(cid:859), (cid:449)e (cid:373)ea(cid:374) the i(cid:373)p(cid:396)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of the li(cid:448)es of (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s. the li(cid:448)es of (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s a(cid:396)e improved by a system of punishment in the following respect: 1. we deter crime from happening by attaching a social sanction to violation of the law. 2. we prevent private retribution/a cycle of violence from happening. 2: consequential justification of punishment, pu(cid:374)ish(cid:373)e(cid:374)t itself is a (cid:271)ad thi(cid:374)g (cid:894)it(cid:859)s to (cid:271)e avoided because it is harming some person) Punishment is intrusively bad: all pu(cid:374)ish(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) itself is evil(cid:863) (cid:894)be(cid:374)tha(cid:373)(cid:895, punishment is instrumentally good. 1. admits the problem of justifying punishment punishment is intrinsically bad.
