PHIL 146 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Retributive Justice
13 Jul 2017
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What is the point of the criminal justice system? after examining fundamental arguments, we can then evaluate whether capital punishment is necessary. Speci c on o ender scaring o ender into not doing the crime again. fear of further punishment, so don"t commit more crime. General on others after seeing o ender"s punishment, intimidated into not committing crimes. Incapacitation too dangerous to be on streets; therefore, physically take them o the streets cannot commit crime if they are in prisons. Retribution looks to the past; punish people because of what they"ve done in the past and not because of what will happen in the future. If you choose to do the crime, you choose to do the time. when you commit a crime, you are tacitly consenting to punishment when caught. Perlmutter believes that these justi cations do not justify punishment. Deterrence: you could just lie and pretend to punish people, but let them go.
