单词 | retributivism |
释义 | retributivismn. The policy or theory of retributive justice. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > maintenance of right by reward or punishment > specific communicative justicea1513 commutative justice1531 corrective justice1531 distributive justice1531 retributive justice1619 expletive justice1652 expletory justice1654 poetical justice1678 poetic justice1691 retributivism1954 1954 Analysis 14 134 The essential contention of retributivism is that punishment is only justified by guilt. 1969 N. Walker Sentencing in Rational Soc. i. 5 In its unsophisticated form penal retributivism asserts..that the penal system should be designed to ensure that offenders atone by suffering for their offences. 1987 Columbia Law Rev. Apr. 510 Much of the philosophical discussion of retributivism centers around the question whether it is morally desirable that persons get their just deserts. 2003 Nelson (Brit. Columbia) Daily News (Nexis) 13 Jan. 4 Strict retributivism basically says that if you're guilty of something, regardless of the severity, you pay the price. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1954 |
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