Name: Isaac Tan Yu Heng Very good you examined all three conditions based on what the author

had stated. 10/10 lass: Introduction to !hiloso"hy 1#0 Title: T/$/% &' (o you belie)e that criminals should be "unished *or their crimes or hel"ed to lead better li)es+ a' I belie)e criminals should be "unished *or their crimes. b' I belie)e criminals should be "unished *or their crimes instead o* being hel"ed to lead a better li*e because criminals li,e murderers es"ecially has ta,en another human being-s li*e. Thus. I don-t consider them to be normal human beings as they are bra)e enough to ,ill another "erson which ma,es them truly dangerous to mingle around *reely with the society. /o they are really dangerous and cannot be *orgi)en but has to be "unished e0ui)alently li,e hanging them ali)e or gi)ing them a li*e sentence in 1ail. c' 2y reasons come *rom *acts that I read through the media li,e news"a"ers and the internet about the beha)ior o* criminals and the crimes that they commit. 3orm these sources. I learnt about why criminals should be "unished and the reason why they "er*orm their crimes. d' riminals li,e robbers. abusers and etc. has been gi)en many chances throughout their li)es li,e getting out on a bail or etc as I did my research on these con)icts. it has been "ro)en that criminals who has been set on the lose tend to re"eat their crimes again once they are out. Instead o* re"enting *rom their "ast mista,es and leading a new straight li*e. most o* them tend to go bac, to where they came *rom. It-s sort o* a habit that cannot be sto""ed. li,e smo,ing. drug abuse and etc. so I de*initely "ercei)ed that criminals can ne)er change because it is who they are and nothing can be done to change them. It-s "ermanent. They should be "unished. e' I would ne)er change my )iew e)en i* someone con)inces me otherwise because I-ll stic, to my "rinci"les and "erce"tions towards these criminals because to me these "eo"le will ne)er change li,e the saying goes. 4once a thie*. always a thie*5. /o it-s no "oint hel"ing them to lead a better li)e because to me. I strongly belie)e they will ne)er e)er change e)en in a million years. That-s how they are born. and how they will die too.

3rom b'. I ,now that the author belie)es the criminals should be "unished *or their crimes because criminals li,e murderers es"ecially ha)e ta,en another human being-s li*e. He or she doesn-t consider the criminals to be normal human beings because the criminals are bra)e enough to ,ill which ma,es them really dangerous. He or she belie)es criminals should be "unished because criminals li,e murderers ha)e ta,en another human being-s li*e and are

dangerous and threaten our sa*ety. This is a truth and the author ,nows it. In order *or this belie* to be a 1usti*ied true belie*. there must be some other idea that su""orts it. The author "resents this other idea in c' to su""ort the belie* that criminals should be "unished. This other idea is that the beha)iors o* criminals are not normal and the crimes that they commit are dangerous. He or she ,nows this *rom media li,e news"a"ers and the internet and they threatens our sa*ety. The other idea has lent some degree o* su""ort to the belie* and the author belie)ed it and this renders the belie* "robable. He or she has good reasons *or belie)ing that this su""orting idea is true since the idea is obtained *rom the news that were re"orted by the media. The belie* o* criminals should be "unished is also based on another idea in d' that criminals ha)e been gi)en too many chances such as let out on bail but they tend to re"eat their crimes again once they are out. This other su""orting idea lent some degree o* su""ort to the belie* and it renders the belie* "robable. The author belie)es that this other idea is true as well. based on the claim that the author has done research on these con)icts. The reasons *or him or her to belie)e this su""orting idea is that criminals committing crimes are li,e addiction or habit and can ne)er be sto""ed. /o criminals should be "unished is a 1usti*ied true belie*. The source o* ,nowledge o* this belie* is the media li,e news"a"ers and internet. 6lthough the author gets the news *rom the media. some o* the news could ha)e been exaggerated and the details o* the crime highlighted to better instill awareness in the "ublic so it is only acce"table only when the news has a credible source. There could be errors in the stories or biasness could in*luence the stand o* the writer. Thus. the source o* this ,nowledge is not entirely unacce"table and could only be acce"table when the sources are credible and reliable since ,nowledge re0uires *actual belie*.)ery good obser)ation