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Retributive
Retributive meaning
Relating to retribution; retaliatory.
Synonyms of Retributive
Example sentences (18)
In fashionable academic jargon, this is simply a form of retributive justice against an illegitimate state built on stolen land.
Tajikistan’s confrontationist approach makes it an enemy of the Taliban and target of frequent retributive attacks by the Taliban using cadres of the “Tajik Taliban,” a moniker for the affiliated anti-Tajikistan extremist group, Jamaat Ansarullah (JA).
He urged Christians to stop counting the number of times they forgive and desist from the practice of retributive justice in the Old Testament of “an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth” as good followers of Christ.
Let Oshiomole know that the law of karma and retributive justice is real.
Retributive action in the form of retrenchment is more than a theoretical peril for ethical AI researchers, as Dr. Gebru’s firing demonstrates: Google fired her after she critiqued the harms and risks of large language models.
Come to think of it, even retributive justice represents a form of reconciliation.
He accused civil society groups of fronting a regime change agenda, describing claims of post-election retributive attacks as mere speculation that should be dismissed.
Most evidently, a large percentage of the films we saw involved the disappearance of young women, and showcased the subsequent lack of retributive action from authority figures.
One in particular recounts how he shaped a fresh view of God as a loving God who wants to bless and heal people instead of a then-common view of a harsh, retributive Lord.
Seventy percent of our county budget and over $43 billion nationwide fund our antiquated, retributive system.
Applying his retributive theory, Rothbard states that a thief "must pay double the extent of theft".
In Lurianic Kabbalah, reincarnation is not retributive or fatalistic, but an expression of Divine compassion, the microcosm of the doctrine of cosmic rectification of creation.
It is the aim of this attempted balance between retributive and restorative justice that, it is hoped, will enable the ICC to not only bring criminals to justice but also help the victims themselves obtain some form of justice.
Mixed theories Some modern philosophers have argued that Utilitarian and Retributive theories are not mutually exclusive.
Physical suffering and humiliation were considered appropriate retributive justice for the crimes they had committed.
There are varying opinions as to whether the restorative justice method (as employed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission) is more or less effective than the retributive justice method (which was used during the Nuremberg Trials).
This section considers the two major accounts of retributive justice, and their answers to these questions.
Utilitarian theories look forward to the future consequences of punishment, while retributive theories look back to particular acts of wrongdoing, and attempt to balance them with deserved punishment.