... a difficult notion, as it requires at the admission of some sort of guilt. However, no apology allows the other side to feel that its opponent believes their behavior was completely acceptable. This creates the fear that the opponent's unjust or violent behavior could possibly continue. An apology is a sign that the opponent regrets their actions and wants to move to the ... , must be aware of this fact. If the victims and their families need to hear certain truth in order to continue on with their lives, then how can this be deemed an injustice? This presents am interesting dilemma beca...

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... the view that the general justifying aim is one of social benefit.(11) On his hybrid theory, other values of importance to society may be included as part of a "morally acceptable account" (Hart, 1968) of the whole social institution but not as the justifying aim of punishment itself. In short, Hart's mixed theory does not deal with the fact that the ... up in the traditional framework for debate in which the justifying reasons for punishment are viewed as either backward or forward-looking. Invariably, depending on which types of reasons are deemed important, the defense for a particul...

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