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Friday Ethics Class, 8-10am
Tara's eyes are shadowed as she greets the class, tension permeating her body.
"I'm sure you've all heard the announcement by now. Angelus has been accused of killing Kitty Pryde - which leaves us short one TA, but up an interesting Ethical question.
"Today we're going to discuss punishment for crimes done."
"I'm sure you've all heard the announcement by now. Angelus has been accused of killing Kitty Pryde - which leaves us short one TA, but up an interesting Ethical question.
"Today we're going to discuss punishment for crimes done."
Re: Imprisonment
"Imprisonment should only be used to keep the more dangerous elements of society away from the rest of the population. That said, it's often over-used because we have no other non-lethal, non-physical form of punishment for those guilty of non-violent crimes; burglary and theft, for instance. Because we lack the imagination to punish these types of criminals in another way, we lock them up, in order to fulfill society's need for 'payback'." She sighs. "Unfortunately, this means that criminals are all housed together, and either have the opportunity to learn more illegal skills, or must deal with the more violent elements in an enclosed space."