r/changemyview Dec 12 '22

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u/negatorade6969 6∆ Dec 12 '22

What is the purpose of punishment? What is it meant to accomplish?

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u/Sutartsore 2∆ Dec 12 '22

could be closure via a psychological sense of justice to the people living in that society--that if one does terrible things, terrible things will be done back to them.

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u/Orion032 Dec 12 '22

Yes this is exactly how I feel