Punishment [addendum]
Since 1967, preventive theories of punishment (whether strictly utilitarian or more loosely consequentialist) have entered a long decline, beginning with the virtual disappearanc...
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Punishment
The word punishment is used in varying contexts. The punishment meted out by the state to a criminal or by a parent to his children is not the same as the punishment boxers give or receive....
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Punishment
Penalty imposed on another as a result of unwanted behavior.
Punishment is often used as a synonym for
discipline, but the two are not interchangeable. Discipline is a system of actions or ...
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On the subject of crime and punishment and whether punishment is always necessary for a crime as thought by the retributivists or on the utilitarian view that punishment is only necessary if it benef...
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Punishment Versus Discipline
When it comes to raising children there are two different ways to deal with problems. You can punish your child when they do something wrong, and this can involve verba...
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