Justice, Law and Punishment

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Who defines justice as wisdom, courage and discipline working together in harmony?
Plato
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Who does Plato think should run the government?
Philosopher Kings
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Who regards justice as a balance between extremes and the sum of virtues
Aristotle
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Whose life do Christians believe is a pattern for justice?
Jesus Christ
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What is the theory call that claims that humans lack intrinsic value and must regulate their behaviour by having a ruler
Social contract
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Who believed that man's life is "solitary, poor, nasty, short and brutish?
Thomas Hobbes
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Who believes that man should never be a means to an end, he is an "end in himself"
Immanuel Kant
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Which modern philosoher claimed that our actions should assume that the same action could be done to ourselves
John Rawls
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What is the concept of being unaware of the disadvantages of others and treating them equal?
Veil of ignorance
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Which modern philosopher believed that we are entitled to keep what we legitimately earn
Robert Nozick
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Which philosopher believes in retributive justice?
James Rachels
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What does the retributive theory see punishment?
Debt to be paid
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What is the theory of punishment called which seeks to change or convert the criminal to a better life?
Rehabilitation
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Which philosopher claimed that all punishment is mischief?
Jeremy Bentham
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Which philosopher compared an approach to punishment to dealing with a broken down car?
Bertrand Russell
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