1.     What are the four primary ends/goals of punishment?

1.     deterrence: keep other people from performing the act

2.     prevention: if you punish someone, you prevent them from doing it again

3.     rehabilitation: teaching alternative lifestyles

4.     retribution: justice; the right and necessary thing to do

1.     Four reasons the Catholic Bishops give for abolishing the death penalty.

1.     Cycle of violence: leads people to be more violent; doesn’t solve anything

2.     Worth & Dignity of each person- still have image of God

3.     God’s Dominion- only God can take a life- he gives it

4.     Jesus’ message of forgiveness