"Is the punishment of death really useful, or necessary for the safety or good order of society? Are tortures and torments consistent with justice, or do they answer the end proposed by the laws? Which is the best method of preventing crimes? Are the same punishments equally useful at all times?"
These are the same questions I have been asking myself when reading about all the torture and death going on in all of the readings. Obviously, a lot of the punishments the governments came up with were not working, because people would continue to commit the crimes. Sometimes, such as in the case of infanticide, the punishment was one of the causes of the crime. If only people in power has thought of this more, a lot of lives could have been saved. Later, as I was still mulling over these questions, I came about this statement:
"Yet another method of preventing crimes is, to reward virtue"
What a brilliant idea! I had read this once before (it was a children's book, but the idea was still there) and forgotten about it, but as I read this simple statement, it reminded me of the sheer genius of the idea. If you train dogs with positive reinforcement, why not use the same concept with humans?
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