The Five Types Of Punishment Analysis

When presented with the dilemma of how to treat the members of the government who committed acts of torture and terror and who should specifically be punished for these acts, there are many questions addressed in the guidebook that I would agree with, including how to define moral punishment and which type of punishment is best applied. That being said, there is one vital question the guidebook dismisses that I would question long before anything else: why did the person commit the act that deserves punishment? Additionally, understanding who is deserving of the punishment are important questions I would consider when contemplating how we should punish. If I were to base my answer on the guidebook, I would first question the definition of …show more content…
This question is important to consider before inflicting punishment on the members who committed acts of torture because not all types of punishment would be effective in dealing with this type of situation. Out of the five types of punishment, I would choose a combination of rehabilitation and retribution. First, I would attempt to rehabilitate the members of the government. If both sides committed atrocities, although with varying severity, I do not necessarily see the point in relying on violence to punish them. If they lost the civil war, is that not enough punishment? If rehabilitation does not work, I would begin to introduce methods of retribution, although I believe certain methods have already been applied because of the civil war. While I believe retribution is a useful method of punishment, it is not necessarily ethical in all situations, nor should it be a first attempt at punishment. If a parent beats their child, beating the parents would not achieve the same result as rehabilitation. That being said, I believe retribution would be an ethical form of punishment in this situation because since everyone involved is mature enough to understand the potential consequences of their actions, they are mature enough to deserve the …show more content…
I believe it is unethical to punish the leaders more than the followers because those who execute the action are more corrupt than those behind the thought. With that in mind, those who committed the acts of torture and terror should be punished more than the leaders who did not commit any acts. It is vital to create a scale of punishment in this situation because there are varying levels of unethical acts committed, therefore, there should be varying levels of punishment inflicted on those who commit the