Willravel

Hmm... an eye for an eye. What do you think is the reason for punishment? Is it to create an equilibrium of violence or immorality to balance violence and immorality? Or should the equilibrium be reached by doing a good to cancel out the bad?

If a boy robs a convience store, what should be the punishment (eye) for his robbery (also eye)? Should we steal from him? How does prison fit the crime?

Sorry for all the questions. Is punishment simply a penalty or should it serve to teach those who have done wrong? I'd like to think that justice for those who have done wrong isn't simply a penalty, but an opportunity to learn and grow so that the person can become better. If, hypothetically, there was a way to completly reform someone who had commited hainus (death penmalty worthy) acts, would you not want to punish them and then help them? What if a murderer could be punished and then helped to understand that what he or she did was wrong and should not be done? Doesn't that seem better than stuffing them into a crate for 20 years and then gassing them or injecting them with poison?