This can be seen when Raskolnikov was planning on leaving/abandoning his family. Raskolnikov’s morality said it was the right thing to do, but his family was hurt, especially since it came out of the blue and there was no explanation behind it. Even when planning to kill the pawnbroker, Raskolnikov’s ultimate goal was not to kill, but to take her money, for his own personal gain. While most would find this bad, Raskolnikov did not commit the crime to necessarily hurt someone, but to benefit himself, which shows he believes what he did was neither fully moral nor
Across the world, various countries impose sentences on criminals for different reasons. Some reasons include to punish offenders, protect the public, change an offender’s behavior, ensure offenders do something to make up for their crime, and to reduce crime in the future. With that being said, the country I chose to have the better sentencing philosophy as opposed to utilizing them all, is England. I chose the English sentencing philosophy because they utilize isolation, deterrence and rehabilitation as a means of condemning their offenders, and by punishing them in proportion to their culpability for criminal activity (Terrill, 2016). By isolating the offender, the British believe their society would be safer and more protected from
What is utilitarianism? Utilitarianism is the belief that the best moral action is one that focuses on overall happiness of the group rather than happiness of individuals. In the chapter “Where Have All the Criminals Gone?” in Levitt & Dubner’s book “Freakonomics”, adopts a utilitarian tone whilst taking at look the drastic drop in crime in the 1990’s. This tone is reflected most heavily while topics of an increased police force, gun regulations, and abortion are discussed.
Ron Rash, born September 25, 1953, is an internationally acclaimed short story writer, novelist, and poet. Rash was born in a small mill town in South Carolina, and was raised in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in western North Carolina. Rash spent most of his youth on a farm near Boone, where he grew up listening to Appalachian folktales and reading voraciously; his time there later gave him inspiration for the setting of many of his stories. Rash’s family greatly influenced him as a reader and a writer. His father, a professor, and mother, a schoolteacher, encouraged him to read as much as possible, and his illiterate paternal grandfather inspired him to always be imaginative.
As we know, there are many ways criminals can be punished. When sentencing happens, the defendant is usually sentenced to the following punishments, listed from minor to extreme: Fines Community service Diversion programs Probation GPS monitoring Jail Prison Death penalty (Rio Salado, 2022). Most of these punishments can be listed under either the utilitarian or retributive theory of punishment. The utilitarian theory seeks to punish offenders to 'deter' future wrongdoings.
Raskolnikov 's act of violence is what causes him to go insane, impacts the lives of the people around him, and finally violence is Raskolnikov’s way of proving himself as an above-average individual. Dostoyevsky used violence to change the course of not only Raskolnikov’s life but also the lives of the people around him. The story shows how one man 's image of himself as a higher being can cause him to commit violent acts, which impact everyone around
His vivid descriptions of the sounds, which are the complete antithesis of his silent murdering of the pawnbroker, demonstrate fear and a sense of nativity from violence. As a reaction, Raskolnikov develops terror and anguish, as he questions and asks himself, if the possibility of people finding out about the pawnbroker’s murder can occur. In addition, Raskolnikov’s third dream challenges his ability of coping with crime.
Sentencing Sentencing occurs after a defendant has been convicted of a crime. During the sentencing process, the court issues a punishment that involves a fine, imprisonment, capital punishment, or some other penalty. In some states, juries may be entitled to determine a sentence. However, sentencing in most states and federal courts are issued by a judge. To fully understand the sentencing phase of criminal court proceedings, it is important to examine how sentencing affects the state and federal prison systems, learn the meanings of determinate and indeterminate sentencing, and understand the impact Proposition 57 has had on sentencing in California.
Application of the utilitarianism concept or the implementation of actions that are deemed as right as long as the consequences are good or bad consequences are minimal (Williams & Arrigo, 2012) in the given scenario for the officer due to retire soon would be in line morally with Utilitarianism. In his case, having on many occasions apprehended such suspects, processed evidence and arrest tickets only to go to court and have the charges reduced, dropped or the defendants charged with what amounts to a slap in the face conviction by the courts and prosecutor, the decision not to pursue in his eyes would seem the to create the greatest good or happiness. Additionally, the officer may consider the amount of marijuana likely to be in the possession and give consideration to the fact that they are smoking and not attempting to sell the marijuana.
How do ideas of crime and punishment change in a world where the cure exists? In the post-mortal the world is faces a new challenge in punishing crimes. Death from aging is no longer possible when a criminal is given a life sentence furthermore driving up prison costs. The incurring costs of running a prison forces society to reclassify the severity of a certain crime and restructure punishment administered to criminals who now possess the potential to live forever.
Dostoevsky’s characters represent various worldviews of the Russian population. Their metaphorical counterparts can be found when looking at the novel through the critical archetypal lense. Fyodor symbolizes the Russian state which has a history of passion and recklessness. Their coffers overflow but are spent on fruitless things like Fyodor’s addiction to alcohol, or his attempt to pay Grushenka to marry him. His reflections on his hard past reflect also on the autocracy of the previous centuries, but both look forward with anticipation (Connolly 83).
Introduction: Marxist theory and Crime and Punishment: Karl Marx may have been the most influential philosophers in Russian society. Marxism is a concept that “class struggle plays a central role in understanding of society’s allegedly inevitable development from bourgeois oppression under capitalism to a socialist and ultimately classless society”. With this theory Karl Max had a great influence on Russian literature; especially on Crime and Punishment. The novel stands to be a perfect example of Communism (a form of Socialism) and a rise of a proletariat (a common man) with reference to Marxism theory. With this idea, Raskolnikov can be seen as a version of proletariat that is a simple, impoverished, poor common man who is severely struggling from paralyzing poverty and most importantly has a craving for Sukhija 14 fighting for the common good among a society of unjust people.
Both Crime and Punishment and The Stranger have themes in which the protagonist roles seem to support them greatly. Both have a theme of superiority; both protagonist regards the ideals of others and always justifies as what they say as “law” in their own views such as Rodia’s ordinary and extraordinary theory, theme of Justice; both Rodia and Meursault serve time in prison and Meursault even gets the death penalty, and Alienation in which both characters hate for humanity keeps they mostly isolated from human interaction. Although the two novels had much in common form the similar themes to the homogenous character design; the functions of the characters, their role in their respective stories and the way the authors depicted they ultimately
Even in the end of the novel Raskolnikov does not feel bad about the death of Alyona, the only problem his crime caused was the separation it put between him and the rest of humanity. “Now if the whole room had been filled, not with police officers but with those nearest and dearest to him, he would not have found one human word for them, so empty was his heart. A gloomy sensation of agonising, everlasting solitude and remoteness, took conscious form in his soul,” (Dostoyevsky 84) Raskolnikov makes this realization his first day after the murder. It’s the first moment he realizes to the full extent what murdering has done to him.
Torture can be defined as the act of intentionally committing pain to another individual, whether physically or mentally, upon another individual under your control or confinement (Barnes, 2016, p. 110). The standard way of thinking about torture, is that it should never be reinforced in any way, shape or form. The debate on justifiable uses of torture has escalated ever since the disastrous events of 9/11. As with most conscientious topics, there are two opposing sides to this argument. These two sides correspond to two theories, utilitarianism (pro-torture) and deontology (against torture) (Cohan, 2007, p. 1588).
