Question 11 pts
What is the meaning of “lex talionis”?
Group of answer choicesFa
Question 11 pts
What is the meaning of “lex talionis”?
Group of answer choicesFair and Square.Justice Comes to All.
An Eye for An Eye.
The Talons of a Lexus are Strong
Question 21 pts
How many black high school dropouts are prisoners or ex-convicts by the time they reach their mid thirties?
Group of answer choices6%30%
45%
60%
Question 31 pts
Label the following examples of reasons for legal punishment as Consequentialist Deterrence (CD), Consequentialist Prevention (CP), or Retributivist (R):
If we could be sure that a person were going to commit a crime, then we would be doing the right thing to stop this by putting him in prison.
Question 41 pts
Give one problem associated with the deterrence argument for the death penalty and one associated with the retributivist argument.
Question 51 pts
A retributivist would uphold a just punishment for certain crimes even if the imposition of this punishment did not deter anyone from committing such crimes.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 61 pts
Which of our moral theories is most likely to be used in support of the retribution argument for capital punishment?
Group of answer choicesCategorical imperativeVirtue ethics
Utilitarianism
Relativism
Question 71 pts
Since 1989, there have been ________ convicts who were found innocent due to DNA testing.
Group of answer choices1788
134
302
Question 81 pts
A retributivist argument for legal punishment is one according to which persons who break laws must be punished so that we can get personal satisfaction.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 91 pts
According to a consequentialist argument regarding legal punishment, if a form of punishment is not deterring anyone from crime, then it cannot be justified.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 101 pts
According to the deterrence argument for legal punishment, any kind of punishment is justified no matter what the consequences.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 11
Which of the following types of crime will always be difficult to deter?
Group of answer choicesPerjury.Shoplifting.
Crimes of bribery.
Crimes of passion.
Question 121 pts
According to consequentialist reasoning, if other measures than imprisonment work better to deter or prevent crime then we ought to use these other measures.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 131 pts
Label the following examples of reasons for legal punishment as Consequentialist Deterrence (CD), Consequentialist Prevention (CP), or Retributivist (R):
At least while they are in prison they cannot do any harm to those outside the prison.
Question 141 pts
Give one good point about and one problem associated with either the consequentialist or the retributivist argument for legal punishment (not the death penalty but legal punishment generally).
Question 151 pts
Indeterminate sentences would be more likely to be favored by those with a retributivist than those with a deterrence viewpoint.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 161 pts
Label the following examples of reasons for legal punishment as Consequentialist Deterrence (CD), Consequentialist Prevention (CP), or Retributivist (R):
To the extent that a person could not help what they did in committing a crime, his legal responsibility (and appropriate punishment) is diminished
Question 171 pts
If all acts are determined by various causal factors, then on retributivist grounds punishment as such is unjustified.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 181 pts
Label the following examples of reasons for legal punishment as Consequentialist Deterrence (CD), Consequentialist Prevention (CP), or Retributivist (R):
Some crimes are so horrible that those committing them are appropriately punished with life imprisonment without parole.
Question 191 pts
Label the following examples of reasons for legal punishment as Consequentialist Deterrence (CD), Consequentialist Prevention (CP), or Retributivist (R):
It is only right that someone who has broken the law should be punished by the law.
Question 201 pts
According to the retributivist argument, all those who commit serious crimes must “pay” for them and we determine how much they should pay only by considering how serious was their crime.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 211 pts
Label the following examples of reasons for legal punishment as Consequentialist Deterrence (CD), Consequentialist Prevention (CP), or Retributivist (R):
Punishment ought to fit the crime.
Question 221 pts
Retributivists would support a not guilty plea for persons who are in fact “insane” for, because of their mental dysfunction, they then are not responsible for what they do.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 231 pts
Punishment is internally related to lawbreaking, according to the deterrence viewpoint.
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 241 pts
Which of the following is a true positive in utilitarian reasoning for capital punishment?
Group of answer choicesIt works as a general deterrent.It works as an individual deterrent.
It saves tax money.
Most Americans support it.
Question 251 pts
To suggest that capital punishment is a different moral question for nomadic peoples living in tents or other temporary shelters than for societies with maximum-security prisons is what kind of reasoning?
Group of answer choicesUtilitarianismNatural law
Relativism
Kantian
Question 261 pts
Retributivists always support a lex talionis view and thus always will support the death penalty for murderers (as being a life for a life).
Group of answer choicesTrueFalse
Question 271 pts
The fact that having capital punishment “on the table” causes many people to confess to crimes in order to have death “taken off the table” is what kind of ethical reasoning?
Group of answer choicesRelativismNatural law
Categorical imperative
Utilitarianism
Question 281 pts
The cost of life in prison without parole compared to an execution is
Group of answer choicesSlightly higher.Significantly lower.
About twice as much.
About the same.
Question 291 pts
Label the following examples of reasons for legal punishment as Consequentialist Deterrence (CD), Consequentialist Prevention (CP), or Retributivist (R):
There should be no legal punishment for crimes that persons are forced to commit for they are not really responsible for these crimes.
Question 301 pts
Which country has the highest incarceration rate in the world?
Group of answer choicesUnited StatesSingapore
China
Russia