Why only retributive justice is just

[shkrobius]

I have little of essense to add to CS Lewis' essay below. The short of it is that the deterrent/preventive justice dehumanizes the offender and excludes the possibility of mercy; furthermore, if justice is not retributive, it undermines equality of people (as lex talonis is based on the notion that the value of what you have done onto another is

Comments

[solomon2]

Preventive justice is unjust, but so is life.

[posic]

Life may be unjust. Justice must be just.
I agree with Lewis and Shkrobius: justice must be retributive.

[fe_b]

А я не согласен

[shkrobius]

>> Пенитенциарная система должна быть целесообразна и прагматична

[fe_b]

> What is the goal

[shkrobius]

>>во имя соблюдения небесных законов Вы готовы проектировать общество