PHILOS 2Q03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Consequentialism, The Philosophical Quarterly, Paternalism
15 Jan 2019
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By now, it is an obvious fact that if you commit crime, there is a punishment you receive for the distress and damage caused. There can be several forms of punishments used, but in. Canada we tend to look at the crime itself, the inherent danger it caused, and based on that, give a sentence for it. There have been several theories of punishment, and how we should go on about it. In this paper, i am going to asses herbert morris" paternalistic theory of punishment and compare it to the consequentialist and retributivist theory. The paternalistic theory of punishment should be embraced rather than the other two approaches because it teaches sense of morality for our good. To begin with, the theory of consequentialism believes that society should act in a way that creates the best results for the best people (bentham, 1830).
