Picture this: A person is so outraged by a company's actions that instead of writing a complaint, they write a check to a charity that stands in direct opposition. Their donation isn't just about ...

After all, authoritarian China consistently polls better on measures of trust and confidence in government than many democratic countries, including the U.S. And elected leaders from Africa to East ...

The study, which is awaiting peer review, attempted to gain an in-depth understanding of public perception of "retributive justice." Retributive justice is defined as "a system of criminal justice ...

An MIT political scientist explains how authoritarians gain support by meting out “retributive justice” against those who violate social norms. Living under an autocratic regime does not sound like ...

In the criminal justice system, incarceration is often seen as being justified by the desert of offenders: because they are guilty—morally, and not merely legally, guilty—we can impose significant ...

The case of the Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen has spotlighted the legal and moral complexities of retributive justice in Muslim countries. Nimisha has been in prison since 2017 for the murder ...