retributive justice
collocation in Englishmeaningsofretributiveandjustice
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retributive
adjective
uk/rɪˈtrɪb.jə.tɪv/us/rɪˈtrɪb.jə.t̬ɪv/
relating to, or intended to be, deserved and ...
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justice
noun
uk/ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/us/ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
fairness in the way people are ...
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But as our discussion ofretributivejusticeshows, this is not necessarily so.
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That narrower sense includesretributivejustice, distributive justice, commutative justice, and so on but it is not equivalent to the whole truth about right.
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Nonetheless,retributivejusticeis not incompatible with goodnesspa.
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My point here is just that we are willing to spend lavishly on justice, even if, as the case ofretributivejusticesuggests, it requires rewarding desert.
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For measuring desert is precisely what most think we are doing - and, we suppose, with a reasonable degree of success - in the context ofretributivejustice.
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But there is reason to think it is not as urgent in the context of distributive justice as it is in the context ofretributivejustice.
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Miller, who also discussesretributivejustice, offers a credible defence of desert as a principle of distributive justice while highlighting the complexities of the concept of desert.
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Crime control policies, in no matter what country or political system, based onretributivejusticemodels have long-term consequences for prisoner management, correctional health care delivery systems, and financial resources.
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A fundamental principle ofretributivejusticeis re-established: no one should receive a harsher sentence than he or she deserves.
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Evenretributivejusticeon so vast a scale is beyond the sphere and competence of human emotions.
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Physical suffering and humiliation were considered appropriateretributivejusticefor the crimes they had committed.
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Most versions ofretributivejusticeargue that the amount of punishment should be proportional to the amount of harm caused.
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Traditionally, the theory ofretributivejusticeis based on the ideas of retaliation (punishment), which is valuable in itself, and also provides deterrent.
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Retributivejustice, meaning retaliatory force, is often a component of the contracts imagined for an anarcho-capitalist society.
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This section considers the two major accounts ofretributivejustice, and their answers to these questions.
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He cautioned thatretributivejusticewould not heal the nation's wounds.
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Others that support it, do so on self-defense orretributivejusticegrounds.
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