Redemption And The Karmic Cycle

The only rule was never shut the door. Four old high school friends are convinced to reunite to mend bonds that were broken seven years prior due to a tragic accident. Revisiting their old high school hangout, the basement of an abandoned house, seemed like a good place to meet up again; until somebody forgot the rule. Someone shut the door.

This essay will critically analyse and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of retributivism. Throughout history the term “retributivism” has had a diverse though correlated meanings. The most significant meaning of retributivism is righting or rebalancing the scale of justice, through the use of mechanisms such as punishment e.g. punishing criminals in order to achieve justice for the offence they have committed. Retributivism also looks back at the offence, since the offender has committed a wrongful offence which needs to be punished. One of the core reasons why offenders should be punished is that they need to ‘pay back’ for the offence they have committed; the theory that is associated with retributivism is the just deserts theory. A theory is a concept that is based upon a hypothesis that can be supported with evidence. The just desert theory is used to justify retributivism punishment. Unlike other theories of punishment that mainly concentrates on preventing future crime, such as rehabilitation, deterrence and reductivism. The retributivist theory primarily concentrates on punishing past crimes. Although others would disagree with this for the reason that they think punishment should be used to ‘reduce’ and ‘prevent future crimes’ (Carlsmith et al., 2002 p284). The essay will take into account the views of various theories; theorist and philosophers so that the strengths and weaknesses of

During this time the only thing predictable about politics in Reconstruction was its unpredictability. Colfax massacre being one of the bloodiest encounters of Reconstruction, serves as the base to Nicholas Lemann's book. Redemption is a story that shows the violent overthrow of Reconstruction in Louisiana and Mississippi in the 1870s. Brief knowledge is known to historian, but very little is known by the general public. In Lemann’s demonstration of the Civil War and Reconstruction, "redemption" is a very ironic term, and a huge play on words. Redemption was a term white supremacists used to commemorate the destruction of what they thought to be the vile imposition. Lemann’s way of embracing the white supremacist nomenclature, he made the paradoxes and the contradictions much more vivid.

In a lifetime, everyone will face challenges that will leave you with guilt in your heart.Guilt from treating a friend or a close person terribly, failing school, and not training hard enough for a sport that one has loved. To fix those past memories people will try finding a way to redeeming themselves, which can make up for their guilt. A Brazilian internet explorer Eduardo once said, “True redemption is seized when you accept the future consequences for your past mistakes .”As Eduardo explained, the only way seek true redemption is to going on in your life and fix your past mistakes.For example in wrestling some meets against other teams can come down to one match and the wrestler who loses that match just gave that team a close loss.

Hinduism is faced with a revolving wheel of life, death and rebirth called Samsara better known as reincarnation. They believe this life cycle is a direct relation to a person’s karma of deeds done. Karma “determines the kind of body, whether human, animal, or insect, into which he or she will be reincarnated in the next

History is filled to the brim with individuals making choices that place them into a state of turmoil and distress. Though as every bad decision is made, more than often those who make the poor decision are given a second chance to right their wrong. As nice as it sounds to be able to fix the negative situation that they’ve placed themselves in, it’s surprising how often that second chance is taken for granted and simply gives those in the wrong the ability to go right back to the bad situation that they previously placed themselves in . In this instance, the second chance means nothing and is pointless when the person continues to do the things that caused him/ her to need one.

As a result of sin, the human soul is constantly in a battle between good and evil. Some people choose to live a lifestyle of sin while others work towards

In Hinduism karma and reincarnation are two meaningful major elements. Karma is a concept that the universe will return your good or bad actions back to you. You will find with certain actions you make, you feel good and others around you feel good. When remembering karma think about mental and physical actions that you would make. In the Hindu religion the soul reincarnates itself over and over until it becomes perfect.

The uncertainty of where the soul goes after death is the greatest source of fear for mortals. Whether the soul goes to a new body or to a place of divine reward or punishment, these texts reveal a change of scenery for souls. While many would like to believe that if they follow a generally moral path they’ll be rewarded after they die, “The Priest Walchelin and the Hellequin’s Hunt” challenges that idea. In this story, a member of the living is shocked to see “many highly regarded figures who… should have gone straight to join the saints in heaven” (Joynes 50) roaming the earth as punishment for sins of which the public was unaware. Through this story it becomes apparent that previous modes of judging whether one will be rewarded after death aren’t reliable. This unexpected outcome is a source of terror and apprehension for many other seemingly qualified men, such as Prince Arjuna in “The Bhagavad Gita”. In the Gita, Arjuna vehemently protests killing any of his kin because “hell is waiting for those whose familiar rituals of righteousness are no more” (The Bhagavad Gita 47). Prior to his moment of weakness at the beginning of the text, Arjuna had been a “heroic warrior” (The Bhagavad Gita 43) and loyal follower of Krishna, but

Justice is a defining factor of human motivation—it can result in the triumph or demise of a person’s actions. Nevertheless, justice is not only the blade that separates good from evil, but it is the adhesive that cements all of humanity together to form an overall gluttonous species. Justice is at the root of everyone’s greatest desires. Though the purpose of one’s justice may vary, it is seen through history of the inevitable—the truth is always revealed. Some people spend their entire lives attempting to expose the lies that suppressed their greatest desires and caused their greatest failures.

He explains how this principle guides humanity by asking “how would punishment increase the happiness of society?” Some utilitarians may agree, in part, with Menninger as they view that “ a system of punishment, offers no incentive for the victim to involve himself in the criminal justice process other than to satisfy his feelings of duty or revenge [..]” (Barnett p 285). He discusses how even punishment which seeks to change an offender’s moral outlook or scare him, does nothing to provide them with skills needed to survive in the real world. Barnett offers up a new paradigm of restitution; in the old paradigm two people are seen at the same level, when a criminal commits an act against someone the victim is brought down and then by imprisoning the criminal they are also brought down; whereas in restitution both the victim and the criminal would be brought back

We are surrounded by unexplainable horrors: gang violence and murder; hurricanes and other natural disasters cause hundreds of casualties; giant passenger planes crash into the ocean and hundreds die terrifying deaths. Justice and our search for moral peace seemingly require us to find an answer for these tragedies even though we subconsciously know that conclusive answers may not exist. Nonetheless, we need to blame someone. The courts often cannot decisively resolve who is to blame and even when there is closure, we generally have no cure other than imprisonment or compensation to make things right again. Efforts to assign blame often lead to suffering while the failure to make the effort leads to some lasting damage to the soul, both

With a beginning of life there is an end, but the nature of death and how it is view can affect how we live. Death is understood to be that one’s biological function cease to function and the body no longer is capable of anything (Pence, 2011). The nature of death is viewed by each one of us differently and this paper is going to discuss the values and beliefs of different religions on death. This paper is going to look at Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto religion discussing what the nature of death virtues and values are. Finally discussing the overall understand of the nature of death within all these religions.

Everyone has made mistakes, some more life altering than others. It is impossible to go through life with a clean slate. Correcting the pitfalls of life is a daunting task. It is only attempted by the bravest individuals, because only the bravest can admit that they were wrong, to own up to one’s mistakes, to redeem oneself. Redemption is a vigorous climb, from a isolated hole created by oneself.

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.