Possibly not. I do think punishments can deter bad actions. But I think this works best when those punishments are clearly described in advance of the crime.
Also, it seems to me that there is a perverse aspect of regret, that it punishes sympathetic malefactors more than it punishes psychopathic ones.
Possibly not. I do think punishments can deter bad actions. But I think this works best when those punishments are clearly described in advance of the crime.
Also, it seems to me that there is a perverse aspect of regret, that it punishes sympathetic malefactors more than it punishes psychopathic ones.
Agreed on both counts.