CRM 1301 Lecture 7: CRM1301 March 22 Nietzsche.docx
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This is how we construct god: moral guilt tied to payback, debt to forefather (cid:224) debt to god (cid:224) debtor/creditor relationship, punishment, punishment is precise, exactitude of punishment, conscious holds the contract, punishment is meant to inflict pain and suffering, relating to the debtor/creditor relationship the punishment is payback to the community, punishment, over time, because less gruesome, the ability to shift from this gruesomeness to lesser punishment comes from the debtor/creditor relationship, punishment brings the moral compass of the nation, two aspects of punishment: enduring and fluid, enduring, the drama , the process/customs that you have to follow, fluid, expectations and executions of punishment, the aims and the meanings of punishment, these aims change over time, the fluid aspect of punishment is meant to cover the changing aspect of punishment, the ability for punishment to reform is lost, punishment = the awakening of hatred, not guilt.