Three aims of punishment, Attitudes to suffering

Cards (9)

  • retribution
    a repayment; a deserved punishment
  • deterrence: the attempt to discourage criminality through the use of punishment
  • reformation
    to change someone's behaviour for the better
  • Principle of utility: The concept of acting out of the greater good for the most people. (eg removing a dangerous criminal from society in order to protect others).
  • Laws of Manu
    Main Hindu law code
  • Maya
    illusion
  • Karma
    moral action and reaction
  • Samsara
    Cycle of birth and death
  • Atman
    The individual inner self, immortal soul