Ethics Punishment Paper
Ileana Vega
PSY/420
September 14th, 2015
Jennifer Doran
Ethics Punishment Paper
Punishment is defined as the imposition of a penalty or retribution for not socially accepted or harmful behavior towards others. When it comes to the subject of ethics in its relation to punishment, we need to consider diversity and cultural values. Take for example, adultery. In some countries, this is punishable by public humiliation and even death. In the United States and Europe, adultery usually just leads to divorce and most times, financial losses or gains according to which lawyer is best. Whether we think that certain punishment in other countries are too harsh for the crime or not, let us just limit the opinions and examples to the rules and regulations for our society regarding situations that merit this operant conditioning term.
We are very much aware that punishment does not work every time is dispensed. Our prison systems are full of people who prove that. Nevertheless, we still need to commit to some kind of justice system in order to have a certain amount of control over people disobeying or abusing the law. Domestic violence is a topic that has been ignored for many years, mainly because of the codependency created by the abuser and the victim; which in turn makes our social services professionals involved frustrated and disappointed. However, a much harder stand has to be put into effect when dealing with domestic abuse. At the first sign or symptom of reported or suspected abuse, the perpetrator should be isolated and locked up away from the victim and children, if involved.
In the case of domestic violence, the extinction term could not be applied because ignoring the behavior will definitely not eliminate it or reduce it. Abusers should be labeled just like sexual predators and the information available on assigned websites for people to be aware of the fact. Humans who incur in domestic abuse should also be isolated...