In This Selection Bedau First Draws an Analogy Between Self-Defense

question 4

Multiple Choice

In this selection Bedau first draws an analogy between self-defense and the death penalty. Just as in defending ourselves we are to use no more force than is necessary to prevent harm, so in punishing criminals we are to use no more violence than is necessary to adequately punish the criminal. Bedau then argues that neither the deterrence nor the retributive argument for capital punishment is a good argument. He thinks that the literal application of the lex talionis is barbaric and that long-term imprisonment is adequate punishment.
-Blum contends that people who work in systems or institutions of racism

• A) are invariably guilty of racial prejudice.
• B) are personally to blame for racism.
• C) are innocent of racial prejudice.
• D) may or may not be guilty of racial prejudice.

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypothesis

A hypothesis that contradicts the null hypothesis, asserting that there is a statistically significant relationship between variables.

Non-directional

Refers to a type of hypothesis that does not predict the direction of the difference or relationship between variables.

Alternative Hypothesis

In hypothesis testing, the hypothesis that contradicts the null hypothesis, suggesting some effect or difference exists.

Non-directional

Pertains to hypotheses or tests that do not specify the direction of the expected differences or relationships.