punishment

Also known as penalty, discipline

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Punishment is a penalty or consequence imposed on someone for breaking a rule or law, historically ranging from public shaming in devices like stocks to modern forms like fines or imprisonment. It matters because societies use punishment both to discourage people from committing harmful acts and to enforce the rules that allow communities to function together.

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Contents

Definitions
In philosophy
In psychology
In socio-biology
Examples against sociobiological use
Scope of application
Justification of punishment
Deterrence
Rehabilitation
Incapacitation
Retribution
Restorative Justice pain
Education and denunciation
Unified theory
Hell as punishment
Criticism
Arguments from harm
Destructiveness to thinking and betterment
Commodification of crime
See also
Citations
References
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Punishment is the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon an individual or group, as a response for breaking some norm or rule. The term punishment is used both within and outside of the criminal justice context. For example, punishment outside of criminal law can include child discipline measures or conscious or subconscious impositions of unpleasant measures in a relationship.