Author Question: One objection to capital punishment that van den Haag raises is that it is inherently ... (Read 128 times)

jlmhmf · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

One objection to capital punishment that van den Haag raises is that it is
inherently discriminatory. On what grounds does van den Haag reject this
objection?

a. The maldistribution of any punishment among those who deserve it is
irrelevant to its justice or morality.
b. Punishments are imposed on individualsand not on racial groups.
c. Equality is morally speaking less important than justice.
d. All of the above

Question 2

On what grounds does Shaw reject retributivism?

a. He argues that retributivist notion that criminals should be punished in
proportion to the severity of their crime provides little practical guidance.
b. He argues that retributivism rests on notions such as desert and fair
playbut that such notions are parasitic existing institutional
arrangements.
c. He argues that there is more to punishment than seeing that people get what
they deserve.
d. All of the above