rs - good and evil

• crime is an act that is against the law
• types of crime: murder,abuse,harassment
• adultery,divorce, and eating pork is a sin but not a crime
• a punishment is a negative consequence given by an authority
• types of punishment: execution, beheaded, lethal injection
• 4 aims of punishment:

  justice- fair punishment of a crime

  retribution- proportionate revenge

  deterrence- discourage crime

  reformation- reliquish a criminal lifestyle
• it costs £30,000 a year to keep one person in prison
• most prisoners are working class, young and male
• english high security prisons:

  small rooms often shared with others

  exercise every 2 weeks for 30 mins

  shower once every 2 weeks

  violent attacks

  drugs are common
• brazillian prisons:

  overcrowded to double its capacity

  over 40 degrees

  extreme levels of violence

  problems with gangs

  easy to contact family
• finland prisons:

  open prisons

  3 days of holiday every 2 months

  re offending rate is much lower

  good facilities- gym, pool tables

  get paid for doing jobs
• service for UK prisons:

  classes & education

  group therapy

  counselling

  rehabilitating

  exercise
• chaplains:

  a minister (priest)

  attached to non-religious places like hospitals, schools and prisons

  they provide pastoral care
• a death penalty is when the state executes someone for a serious crime
• ways of execution:

  lethal injection, electric chair, beheading
• places where the death penalty is still legal:

  japan india

  china USA
• For death penalty:

  you can’t commit another crime

  people who take life deserves to loose their life

  the death penalty deters crime

  cheaper than putting someone in prison for life
• against death penalty:

  irreversible

  cruel and inhumane

  criminals have a right to life

  making people wait to die is torcher

  death is the easy way out, prison makes them think
• death row:

  victims can watch the execution

  starts at 7am and friends and family can visit

  behaviour is monitored

  they are kept in a small room before
• forgiveness- to stop feeling negativity for a wrong or mistake
• reconciliation- to restore friendly relations
• “forgive your brother, not 7 times but 7x70” - jesus
• parable of the prodigal son:

  a man has two sons and gave them both the same money

  one son moves away and spends it all while the other stays at home and keeps the money

  the first son becomes poor and moves back home and askes for forgiveness

  the older brother works hard for the father gaining nothing in return.

  Father throws a party for the return of the son
• story of the prodigal son shows if you ask god for forgiveness it will be given
• roman catholics:

  someone goes into a confession box with the priest on the other side and confesses their sins
• evangelical:

  believe only God and jesus can forgive have a strong faith to them
• Islam:

  those who forgive others will be rewarded by god

  forgiveness is the path to peace

  humans are not perfect and make mistake

  There are 2 types of forgiveness:

  human forgiveness and god’s forgiveness
• Muhammad and the old woman:

  Muslims are taught to follow the example of muhammad.

  Muhammed helped a old woman who became sick even though she was a non believer and regularly brushed rubbish in his direction
• “I have to forgive them. I cannot hate. Hate is what killed Anthony“

  Gee Walker - mother of teenage son who was murdered in a racial attack liverpool 2005
• moral evil- suffering caused by humans e.g. murder
• natural evil- suffering caused by nature e.g. earthquakes
• Epicurus question:

  Is God willing to prevent evil but not able?

  Then he is impotent

  Is god able, but not willing?

  Then he is malevolent

  Is god both able and willing?

  Whence them is evil?


  links to inconsistent triad
• Epicurus questions mean if god is all powerful and all loving then evil cannot exist
• Defences of God:

  god gave humans free will and we chose to perform evil

  the devil temps us

  suffering is a test
• Job


  Wealthy man
• Job's possessions


  • 7,000 sheep
  • 3,000 camels
  • 500 oxens
  • 500 donkeys
• Satan told God


  Take away all Job's luxuries to prove his loyalty to God
• What happened to Job's possessions

  Donkeys, oxens, camels, sheep and servants died
• Job: 'It's God who gives and is God who takes away'
• Job didn't blame God and continued to worship