Blog Post 4: The Prisoner’s Dilemma by Stephen Chapman
Read the essay on pp. 372-378 by Stephen Chapman, The Prisoner’s Dilemma and choose ONE question to respond to. Be sure and comment on at least two of your peers’ posts.
1. Chapman describes people in Islamic cultures who flock to gawk at the misfortunes of others. Americans are also fascinated, even entertained, by others’ problems and misfortunes. How do you account for the causes of our fascination with others’ misfortunes. Give one example of this phenomenon as it relates to the Chapman essay, and then explain why you think people are so attracted to the troubles of others’ misfortunes. Consider linking Stephen King’s Why We Crave Horror Movies (p. 397) for some insights into this morbid human tendency.
2. Chapman states, “Almost no one contends any more that prisons rehabilitate their inmates. If anything, they probably impede rehabilitation by forcing inmates into prolonged and almost exclusive association with other criminals”(374). Do some research on recent developments in criminal rehabilitation and argue for or against the claim that rehabilitation of prisoners is a futile goal.
3. Watch the BBC film, Execution of a Teenage Girl in Iran at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTv6ZDRyqe8&feature=related Relate the film and your response to the film to Stephen Chapman’s essay.
4. Do you agree that “public flogging and amputation may be more barbaric forms of punishment than imprisonment” (376)? Explain your answer using information from Chapman’s essay.
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