presents difficulties for all the theories of punishment

presents difficulties for all the theories of punishment

T/F How we dispense good or bad, reward and punishment is called distributive justice.

·         True

T/F Justice is concerned with the future - what people will do.

·         False

T/F Justice should be collective rather than individual

·         False

T/F There is only one way of distributing rewards

·         False

T/F The retributivist believe that the results are what really counts.

·         False

T/F All that counts for the utilitarians is whether rewards or punishments are deserved.

·         False

T/F John Rawls believes that human rights are natural rights.

·         True

T/F Restitution is the idea that punishment should be stopped or "rested"

·         False

T/F One of the weaknesses of deterrence theories is that if they work they work just as well on the innocent as well as the guilty.

·         False

T/F Someone who synthesizes all the theories of rewards and punishments together is known as a nephrologist

·         False

As a ___________ you would allocate rewards and punishment based on results.

a.) Libertarians
b.) Republican
c.) Utilitarian
d.) Kantian

·         C

"An eye for an eye" fits with a ________ theory of punishment.

a.) Utilitarian
b.) Conservative
c.) Retributivist
d.) Distributivist

·         C

Why, according to the retributivists, should people be punished?

a.) Revenge
b.) Utility
c.) Deterrence
d.) Desert

·         D

As an egalitarian you would distribute rewards _______.

a.) on need
b.) on ability
c.) on merit
d.) equally without regard for need or merit

·         D

The theory of deterrence is a _________theory.

a.) desert
b.) results
c.) restitution
d.) compensation

·         B

Who believed that offenders should be punished only if they deserve it and not for any consequences that may come of it?

a.) Mill
b.) Bentham
c.) Kant
d.) Sidgewick

·         C

Who has been accused of thinking of punishment in terms of use rather than justice?

a.) The retributivists
b.) The utilitarians
c.) The Quakers
d.) The restitutionists

·         B

Restitution theories believe that when a crime is committed a victim should ___________.

a.) seek compensation
b.) seek revenge
c.) seek help
d.) seek punishment

·         A

What kind of case presents difficulties for all the theories of punishment?

a.) Where harm occurs but the people causing it are clearly irresponsible.
b.) Where harm occurs but the people causing it are really without fault.
c.) Where harm does not occur but could if people were slightly more unlucky.
d.) Where harm does occur but the people causing it cannot be caught.

·         B