Analysis Of A Father's Story By Andre Dubus

Punishment refers to the deliberate or intentional infliction of pain and suffering on an individual for breaching a particular law or code of conduct established in a given society. The idea of punishment has been in existence for a long stretch of time in history with philosophers weighing upon the necessity or otherwise of punishment. Inasmuch as a considerable number of philosophers agree that

I read the book A Father's Promise. It was written by a women named Donnalynn Hess. The

Luke is also a very religious man. He goes to church every single Sunday. His closest and only friend is named Paul Leboeuf. Paul is also the minister at the church Luke attends. Being a religious man, Luke feels guilty about moving on and finding someone new to love because it goes against the wedding vows he made to his wife. Being a faithful and moral man is another example of how Dubus created underlying problems in the story.

Individuals can be seen responding to the circumstances they endure in a myriad of ways. The individuals may choose to take revenge on the people that caused them to suffer or they may choose to forgive the individuals that caused their hardships. However, when one chooses to forgive the wrongdoer, he or she chooses to release the burden and pain the wrongdoer has caused them. In The Glass Castle, a memoir by Jeanette Walls, Walls describes her parent’s shortcomings but does not condemn them in anyway.

Another critique raised by Feinberg relates to the third thesis of pure moralistic retributivism: that punishment must be proportionate to the moral gravity of the offense. This thesis implies a number consequences which are problematic. Firstly, if

The Kantian view of death penalty is a retributive view that sees the criminal as a parasite who has accepted the benefits of a legal system while refusing to pay the price of self-restraint. Such a person owes the law abiding a debt for he has gained an unfair advantage over them. Punishment is the means of exacting the debt (in kind) and is a demand for justice--the restoration of a condition of equality between the law breaker and society. Just punishment is binding and not to be mitigated by any utilitarian consideration. Kant also believes in "blood guilt" and the necessity for cleansing criminal actions.

In the novel The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, by Kim Edwards, the protagonist David Henry discovers that rash decision can impact numerous lives. Told in third person general point-of-view, the author supports her theme by describing the setting of a society where people with disabilities are rejected, establishing the central conflict of the negative effect on David Henry’s decision that is bearing upon everyone else. This affects the works as a whole because Edwards’ purpose is to make her readers understand of rash or negative decision making in order to show the consequences one might face making a certain choice. She creates a mood of intensity for an audience of young adults. The authors treatment of bad judgement relates to the overall meaning of the novel that rash decision making can not

If a company wishes to attract new customers, a clever idea they do is to find a way to entertain them. For over thirty years, MetLife has used their prominent partner Snoopy and the rest of Charles Schulz’s Peanut gang to lure new customers in their life insurance business. Esther Lee, global chief marketing officer of MetLife, has stated that over thirty years ago MetLife has brought Snoopy into their company in order to seem more friendly and more approachable. Snoopy helped drive MetLife and served as an important role to the company for decades. In recent years, MetLife has been using new rhetorical tactics to attract new customers like changing their tagline to “MetLife: Navigating life together,” and creating commercials and ads that

Kant’s philosophy was based around the theory that we have a moral unconditional obligation and duty that he calls the “Categorical Imperative.” He believes that an action must be done with a motive of this moral obligation, and if not done with this intention then the action would hold no moral value. Under this umbrella of the “Categorical Imperative” he presents three formulations that he believes to be about equal in importance, relevance, and could be tested towards any case. The first formulation known as the Formula of Universal Law consists of a methodical way to find out morality of actions. The second formulation is known as

Is doing what is right always the right thing to do? According to Kant, the sole feature that gives an action moral worth is not the outcome that is achieved by the action, but simply the motive that is behind that action (McCormick, n.d.).Immanuel Kant was a western philosopher that is still considered to be the most proponent concerning deontological, or duty based ethics and is thus considered very influential in the development of western philosophy. In that regard, If the sole feature that gives an action moral worth is not on the outcome that is achieved by the action, but by the motive behind the action, then the action would be different (just or unjust), since the motive that can give an act moral value does not exist and cannot arise from Kant’s idea of universal principles of reason.

Byrd restates her thesis that the threat of punishment is meant to deter an individual from committing a crime. In society the threat of punishment is the coercion used to guard and prevent any unjust interferences with individual freedom. When moving from a state of nature to a civil society one gives up the ability to coerce another in exchange for guaranteed security. Meaning that in a state of nature one has the right to force coerce from another as long as it does not obstruct the other’s right to freedom, however in civil society one sacrifices that freedom to have guaranteed security. The civil society provides security through punishment. The society must punish to maintain security and the punishment that it provides must correspond to the security of future victims. Byrd argues that Kant’s theory does not solidify society’s right to punish in a retributive way but rather it solidifies society’s right to deter crime. If threatening of punishment is suppose to act as deterrence to persuade an individual from breaking a law, nonetheless it is not in situations where the individual is negligent because the individual had no intent to cause harm. Kant believes punishment should be equal to the hindrance of freedom that is represented by the crime. That can be described as retributive for the reason that the punishment is equal to the hindrance of freedom. Kant also believes that if the punishment is less than

Punishment is the suffering, pain, or loss that serves at retribution. Others also say it is “the authoritative imposition of something unpleasant on a person in response to a behavior deemed to be wrong by an individual or group” (Hugo & McAnany, 2010). Some question when and why we should punish. Though easy to state, this question is difficult to answer and has lead to a variety of models of punishment. In Kant’s article Metaphysics of Morals, he discusses the importance of punishment and its correspondence to crime, the right to punish, and when to grant clemency. In this paper, I will refer to the articles Critique of Political Reason and Metaphysics of Morals, and I will discuss Kant’s perspective on crime, punishment, and justice.

"Never forget the past…because it may haunt you forever. Regret all the bad things…cherish the good things. Look ahead always…but don't let the bad things from the past get in your mind." As a young child, there were so many incidents in my life that made me become the person I am today. There were rough times as well as good times. If I were to tell you all of them, I would remember half of them. I think some of my incidents really had some impact, and some were just simple ways of life. To tell you the truth, the incident that had the most impact on me has to be when my real father left me at the age of three. I never knew my father. I mean being a baby, you really have no experience or recognition of somebody else.

Punishment has been in existence since the early colonial period and has continued throughout history as a method used to deter criminals from committing criminal acts. Philosophers believe that punishment is a necessity in today’s modern society as it is a worldwide response to crime and violence. Friedrich Nietzche’s book “Punishment and Rehabilitation” reiterates that “punishment makes us into who we are; it creates in us a sense of responsibility and the ability to take and release our social obligations” (Blue, Naden, 2001). Immanuel Kant believes that if an individual commits a crime then punishment should be inflicted upon that individual for the crime committed. Cesare Beccaria, also believes that if there is a breach of the

In Art Spiegelman’s biographical graphic novel Maus 1: My Father Bleeds History, ethnic groups are portrayed as animals to allow the audience to understand the history behind the discrimination of Jewish people during World War Two, and the reasons behind the holocaust; Spiegelman utilizes this comparison to provide a better understand the mindset of the Germans, Jews, and Poles as the genocide began to unfold. Overall, Maus 1 focuses on the story of Spiegelman’s father, Vladek, who lived through the horror that was the holocaust, and his experiences as he tried to survive in Nazi occupied Poland. Therefore, the reason why Spiegelman portrays Germans as cats, Jews as mice, and Poles as pigs is to express how these groups viewed each other and to provide an understanding into the hostility behind anti-Semitism. As well, by using animals as an analogy, Spiegelman ensures that by creating an inhuman feel, the events could be looked at through a critical lens. Due to the relevance behind Maus, many articles were written, analysing the work. The article “Rhetoric Functions of the Infestation Metaphor in Hitler’s Rhetoric” by Steven Perry, provides insight into the origins of the depiction of Jews as rats or mice, and how it led to anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany. Likewise, Sheng-Mei Ma’s article “Mourning with the (as a) Jew: Metaphor, Ethnicity, and the Holocaust in Art Spiegelman’s Maus,” and “Well Intended Liberals Slop: Allegories of Race in Spiegelman’s Maus” by Andrew Loman