"Civilization, Safety, and Deterrence" Self-Quiz

. According to Reiman, __________ will deter people from murder.

rehabilitating murderers

forgiving murderers

refusing to implement the death penalty

implementing the death penalty

. Reiman believes that the death penalty could be justified if

it was only given to convicted torturers.

murderers were not scared of life in prison.

murderers really deserved death.

it was necessary to avoid even worse consequences.

. Reiman argues that van den Haag's line of reasoning leads to the conclusion that we should institute

the death penalty for lesser crimes than murder

death-by-torture.

the death penalty only for people who are afraid of death.

the death penalty at random.

. According to Reiman, van den Haag faces a dilemma between which pair of options?

Either we should impose the death penalty, or we should torture murderers to death.

Either we should not impose the death penalty, or we should not torture murderers to death.

Either we should impose the death penalty, or we should not torture murderers to death.

Either we should not impose the death penalty, or we should torture murderers to death.

. Which of the following is not a reason Reiman offers to doubt van den Haag's claim that the death penalty will deter the most people?

People do not fear death more than they fear the suffering of a life of imprisonment.

Refusing to implement the death penalty sends a message that may deter just as many or more people.

Even if people actually fear death more than other punishments, this fear may not deter them from criminal activity because people assess risk in a crude way.

If van den Haag's argument is sound, we should torture people to death.

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