on Punishment

There is the Human Punishment, which sums up in "don't do it again". It programs into individuals a relationship between misbehaviour and loss. Its purpose is educational, and seeks to instil in the members of a society an accepted behaviour, so as stability to be maintained. So it actually revolves around the needs of the society and not the atom, it satisfies sociocentric needs. As for the capital punishment, it should not be considered as a punishment at all, and societies should avoid using it. The idea behind it is the education by example, however those who would mostly benefited by such an example are likely the stock that are lacking in empathy and alienate themselves from the troubles of others, so how can they learn, or even understand the lesson? In addition the Retaliation hue of the punishment is saturated to the extreme, and that only breeds unempathetic people in the society.

And then there is the Divine Punishment. It seems that god more anxious about the individual's soul, than the workings of the society -or the welfare of each of us for that matter-, contrives punishments that are extremely educational. And what can be more educational than a fitting punishment that precedes the "crime"? It's philosophy is "don't do it in the first place". So next time you ask "God what did I do to deserve this?" think of the possibility of that it's not what you did, but more what you will do...

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