PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Social Stratification
28 Oct 2020
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It is the eye for an eye approach or the old testament approach. Authoritarian and physical in nature: reformative/ utilitarian. They consider punishment as always bad and must not be allowed despite the outcomes. Their approach to punishment is avoidance of unwanted behaviour. Theories of punishment: the theory of retribution. It is morally just that an offender should be made to suffer punishment for their sins: theory of prevention. Punishment in this case is believed will prevent others and the offender himself from repeating the crime: theory of protection. Society has a moral right to demand its protection: theory of restitution. Punishment is seen as a kind of compensation or reparation for wrong done. There is less emphasis on punishment in schools today. There are arguments against punishment in schools which are based on human rights. Mixed ability grouping is justifiable as a way of treating unequal"s equally.
