Reward and punishment

Thanks to Philip Adams for turning his light on the problematic area of justice and how to dole out judgement. Nov 2nd Human beings have been battling with this forever. An eye for an eye? A tooth for a tooth? Where does it stop. Now we have the new pope willing to acknowledge ‘who am I to judge?’ But if you have ever had anything to with rehabilitation, this always comes up. ‘But there needs to consequences’, is the constant catchcry. Reward and punishment. But what if someone needs the safety of prison and never gets high on the lure of a reward? If we were all the same it would be a very boring life. The premise of reconciling instead of retribution warrants more investigation. Peace.