Consider all the harm to society that is caused by a particu…
Consider all the harm to society that is caused by a particular type of petty crime — for example, all the losses to all the people who are victims of all petty theft. If all of that harm to society could be greatly reduced by imposing as a deterrent a very severe punishment upon one individual offender — one petty thief, for example — which of the following would provide the best argument for imposing such a sentence.
Read DetailsA spring-loaded dart gun is used to shoot a dart straight up…
A spring-loaded dart gun is used to shoot a dart straight up into the air, and the dart reaches a maximum height of 24 meters above its point of release. The same dart is shot up a second time from the same gun, but this time the spring is compressed only half as far (compared to the first shot). How far up does the dart go this time? (Neglect friction and assume the spring is ideal and massless.)
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