HUMA 1825 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Kangaroo Court, Show Trial, Brining
11 Apr 2017
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Morality (response to others that"s not bound by rules) If someone suffers something, you"re defending your wrongs. The idea of standing up for yourself and defending yourself. In the oresteia, the furies play both sides. Can cause disproportion of punishment: don"t know the right amount of punishment. When you take the law into your own hands, it can go too far. Possible for the harm itself to be an illusion: someone may think they"re wrong, but they"re not. Legal response (retribution: used to identify a fault and punish it with procedures and evidence. The propitiator asks for it: good because it makes the criminal feel bad. Has to involve a change of feeling in the person who"s forgiving and the one being forgiven: psychological, emotional change of the heart, can reaffirm connection to humanity. Can"t tell if someone is doing it to be forgiven. Has a moral response independent of rules. Writing a wrong that a group has suffered.
