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re·tribu·tive [rɪˈtrɪbju:tɪv, Am -t̬-] ADJ attr form

retributive

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retributive justice

ausgleichende Gerechtigkeit

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retributive justice

ausgleichende Gerechtigkeit

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This office had the goal of moving the justice system away from retributive punishments toward processes that would help heal those harmed and restore communities. en.wikipedia.org

He cautioned that retributive justice would not heal the nation's wounds. en.wikipedia.org

Retributive theories generally take proportionality into account and consider the perpetrator's record of previous wrongdoing. en.wikipedia.org

Retributive justice, meaning retaliatory force, is often a component of the contracts imagined for an anarcho-capitalist society. en.wikipedia.org

Nothing about his current ailments reduces his culpability and thus they do not lessen the retributive or deterrent purposes of the death penalty. en.wikipedia.org

Retributive justice is the main theme of the story. en.wikipedia.org

Others that support it, do so on self-defense or retributive justice grounds. en.wikipedia.org

This section considers the two major accounts of retributive justice, and their answers to these questions. en.wikipedia.org

Evil is threefold, viz., metaphysical evil, moral, and physical, the retributive consequence of moral guilt. en.wikipedia.org

Physical suffering and humiliation were considered appropriate retributive justice for the crimes they had committed. en.wikipedia.org

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