June Tangney's Essay On Public Shaming

The author of this essay argues that public shaming can make people regret their actions and even become a good person. Because nobody likes to be publicly humiliated, people who committed a crime would change their bad behavior. However, this idea is not applied on the real world. The majority of criminals find some other people to be blamed for their mistakes. Therefore, making people feel shameful does not solve the issue because the guilty person keeps making excuses to not feel guilty about them breaking the law.
As a further matter, the author claims that bad behaviors are what cause people to commit those crimes, meaning that there are no bad people. In my perspective there are good and bad people and is up to every person to do what is right or wrong, everyone should be judged by their actions and behaviors. …show more content…
I disagree; people decide whether they do good or bad to others. The author arguments that we should condemn the crime not the person, but that would not work. If you don’t condemn the crime, will the person to be blamed for breaking the law would change his/her attitude? People should be punished so they can be aware of their mistakes or for their wrongdoing to their community, which will make them more aware of their actions when they are placed in the same position as