Melting is a process that causes a substance to change from a solid to a liquid. Melting occurs when the molecules of a solid speed up enough that the motion overcomes the attractions so that the molecules can move past each other as a liquid.
The Purpose of Work. âWe work to have leisure, on which happiness depends.â So said Aristotle, quoted by Notre Dame philosopher Gary Gutting to explain âWhat Work Is Forâ in a recent article for The New York Times. Luther countered this medieval view of workâwhich is coming back into style in our consumerist cultureâwith his doctrine of vocation.
Retribution is perhaps the most intuitive - and the most questionable - aim of punishment in the criminal law. Quite contrary to the idea of rehabilitation and distinct from the utilitarian purposes of restraint and deterrence, the purpose of retribution is actively to injure criminal offenders, ideally in proportion with their injuries to society, and so expiate them of guilt.