Q1. Suppose that a chance of loss is 3 percent for two different fleets of trucks. Explain how it is possible that objective risk for both fleets can be different even though the chance of loss is identical.
Q2. 1. What is retributivism, and what is the lex talionis? How is there an affinity between the lex talionis and the Golden Rule?
2. How do the Hegelian and Kantian approaches to punishment lead to the "retributivist principle" and, thus, to the lex talionis?
3. Even if the lex talionis is just, Reiman argues, the question of what punishment we should administer is not settled. Why not?
4. In Accordance to Reiman, in what ways is execution analogous to torture?
5. What is Ernest van den Haag's commonsense argument for the deterrent value of the death penalty? What four reasons does Reiman give for doubting van den Haag's argument?