The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment by C.S. Lewis Doodle (HT Part 1 of 2)

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@CSLewisDoodle Жыл бұрын

Ever wondered how Ancient Israel dealt with criminals without a massive concrete and reinforced-steel prison system that we utilise today? Believe it or not, the idea of punishing criminals with prison time is a very recent (and materialistic) phenomenon. Up until 200 years ago, a ‘prison’ meant a place where those accused of serious crimes were held until their trial. I’ve put together a plastic-toy slideshow in Facebook to give you an introduction as to how this fascinating ‘eye-for-an-eye’ or ‘proportional restitution’ based crime and punishment system operated. facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=6537196022&set=a.6437351022.19076.533841022&type=3&theater

@youbetyourwrasse Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this link. The talion systems of justice fascinate me. Interesting how much of the lingo remains. Such as a civil case where the plaintiff desires "to be made whole."

@claireebedard1153 Жыл бұрын

This presentation is fantastic! The slides and the footnotes were very informative. It also revealed more nuance to the levitical justice system than I was aware of!

@AnonNorwegianPartiot Жыл бұрын

I remember when this video first appeared, it made me a firm retributist. C. S. Lewis puts the idea so eloquently and gave so many great examples, that I just thought it made obvious sense! It also made me look critically at my own country’s system and I learned that a lot of what is usually said in favour of the humanitarian prison system, doesn’t give the benefits they claim to. Truly, Lewis had a brilliant mind for his time!

@NilsFredrikGjerull Жыл бұрын

In Norway we have the concept of detention (forvaring) that have no upper limit in time. This will most likely be used to keep Breivik behind bars, which he deserves. Honestly I think execution is justified in that case. The problem with capital punishment is that innocent people may be killed, but in the case of Breivik there in no doubt about the guilt.

@coreycomstock2017 Жыл бұрын

Perhaps you will be able to consider that Lewis was not 'brilliant,' or correct 'for his time's but merely brilliant and correct. If you qualify him according to his time, it allows you to consider him as a quaint foreigner, from the outside, rather than a man who may be accurately describing the world you are living in. Give no unwon honours to 'the strumpet Fortune.'

@shinigamimiroku3723 Жыл бұрын

That last line is especially chilling. That Lewis had to have something published in a (former) colony because the motherland would not even begin to hear of it (despite the fact that it welcomed his chats during the War) is telling of just how bad England became societally even back then. And we know just how bad it has gotten today, since the BBC is well-known for its being the mouthpiece of those same people Lewis exposed back in that day.

@galaxyofreesesking2124 Жыл бұрын

This man just summed up the problem of modern Liberalism in the most beautiful way I've ever heard. Certainly, secularism has ailed us for decades, and we have all been taught to accept it as though it were common sense. This is the one thing I hate most about living in America.

@terryhollifield9343 Жыл бұрын

Such a rich treatment of this subject in one little article by Leiws! I wonder what he would say in our time when not only has the use of the Humanitarian Theory only grown, its proponents have now co-opted a version of the Old Way in which rights and duties are "subjectively objective."

@AdrianCruz_ Жыл бұрын

Always enjoy these doodles over narrations of C.S. Lewis’ work. Every work feels like I need to listen to it multiple times to fully absorb it. Thanks as always Edit: 12:48 I’ve heard the quote on tyranny before, had no idea where it was from. Learn something new everyday

@ianmartinesq Жыл бұрын

This is a wonderful essay of Lewis’s. He touches on this topic again in Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength.

@jobethk588 Жыл бұрын

Wow. I have never heard this essay by C.S. Lewis. Thank you for sharing.

@johnnotrealname8168 Жыл бұрын

We back? *WE ARE BACK!* Your visual aids are priceless.

@hellie_el Жыл бұрын

looking forward to part two.

@lionoffireministries Жыл бұрын

Brilliant channel 🙂👍🏼

@danielcarroll8889 Жыл бұрын

Great visualization. Really made it easier to follow along

@kejewa Жыл бұрын

Excellent, as always. I love the closing music too 🙂

@drummersagainstitk Жыл бұрын

Sublime. Thanks for posting.

@Daniel-fv1ff Жыл бұрын

So glad this one is back!

@jhoughjr1 Жыл бұрын

Keep ‘em coming!

@DHPshow Жыл бұрын

Amazingly done! This one was a bit complicated. What book is this from?

@CSLewisDoodle Жыл бұрын

It's from Compelling Reason (1998). Click the cog and "English (UK)" for full subtitles. Tot later.

@bruce5868 Жыл бұрын

You are doing such important work by making these videos. Thank you.

@liuton2005 Жыл бұрын

Ecclesiastes 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.