Sunday, August 7, 2011
Retributive Justice (Term 3)
Retributive justice is an approach towards justice. It advocates punishment for the offender. It is meant to allow satisfaction and psychological benefits for the victim, while giving pain to the offender. This concept is present in most cultures, including syariah law, which advocates, "An eye for an eye". While this saying was previously used to mean the punishment should not be more than the offence, it is now used to mean that a person who caused someone to lose an eye, should also lose an eye himself. It is a win-lose situation, where the only gain is satisfaction on the victim's part (and sometimes not even this), and the offender only stands to lose.
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I agree with your post. However, what creeps me out a little is "allow satisfaction and psychological benefits for the victim, while giving pain to the offender", where it does sound like sadism. Perhaps a clearer explanation that sounds much nicer would help?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I believe that retributive justice is mostly in the form of revenge. However, retributive justice can lead to hatred by the part of the offender, though we should remember that the offender did deserve it for his wrongdoings.