The Problem of Punishment
What should be the ethical punishment for unethical action?
1. Should we punish at all? Yes, because the society with a system of punishment will have less crime than the society without such a system.
2. What is an ethical size of punishment? An ancient wisdom (Code of Hammurabi, Torah etc.) Eye for eye, life for life…
Storchevoy M. A. Corporate Social Responsibility. 2013 Topic 2 (2). Normative Analysis: Deontology
Ford Pinto In May of 1968 the Ford Motor Company introduced a subcompact car Pinto. The automobile was designed on an accelerated schedule and had a defective fuel system that led to the explosion of the car after a slight road accident…
Actually, Ford could change the design -- this would have cost $11 per car and result in 180 less deaths. But it was economically ineffective: • COST: $11 per unit cost applied to 11 million cars and 1.5 million trucks results in an overall redesign cost of $137 m. • BENEFITS: 180 burn deaths, 180 serious burn injuries, and 2,100 burned vehicles demanded for compensations of $200,000 per death, $67,000 per injury, and $700 per vehicle. The total sum of compensation was $49.5 m.
So, it was an economically optimum solution to kill 180 and injure 180 people.
Storchevoy M. A. Corporate Social Responsibility. 2013 Is it moral? Topic 2 (2). Normative Analysis: Deontology
Justice in Retribution Type of Remedies for Contract Breach
Compensatory damages (loss-based recovery) The sum that would restore the injured party to the economic position they expected from performance of the promise.
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