Opinions about Punishment

Opinions on punishment

This photo captures the end of class (week 11). The following warm-up question became a lively 1.5 hour discussion/debate: What opinions about punishment would you change? Here are some of the answers guiding our discussion: Its label shouldn’t go away. It’s not a matter of [moral] luck. It’s an appropriate social phenomenon to sensationalize on the nightly news. Its negative consequences are the police’s fault. Punishment for looking suspicious (resulting in ‘stop and frisk’ practices) is acceptable.

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