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It is safe to say that privacy has taken on more importance as an ethical issue as computers and the internet have allowed faster acquisition and sharing of information.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Explain the difference between literal and proportionate versions of the retributive view of punishment.
 
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Everyone who accepts the retributive view of punishment believes that wrongdoers must be punished in ways that fit their crimes. On a literal retributivism, we should do to criminals precisely the same things they have done to others. On proportional retributivism, what matters is simply that the punishment imposed is on a par with the crime that was committed.




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