Slimebeast on 24 January 2012
| radishhead said: - Retribution is the idea that punishment should be determined chiefly by the seriousness of the crime itself, and not by consequentialist factors, such as whether the punishment is enough to deter the rest of society. It is a very serious mistake to think that the retributive ideal in the criminal justice system is about vengeance, retaliation or payback. Rather, it is an extremely sophisticated idea that often forms the basis of, and arguably is even the leading indication of, a developed sentencing system. |
What is this? First you describe retribution as being a form of vengeance and then all of a sudden you say that retribution isn't about vengeance.
