Reply #7: As long as people think punishment works [View All]

[sandnsea]

There will be those who take 'punishment' too far and create brutal environments.

Natural consequences work and is a necessary teaching tool. But so is self-worth, competence, contribution, and inherent human value.

Punishment does nothing but make individuals condemn themselves and conclude they are hopeless and worthless. Until we see the futility of punitiveness, torture won't stop and people won't rehabilitate. It's sad that we contribute to crime with the very attitudes and behaviors that we think will stop it.