I think animals do sense death. I have seen pets who after a long illness will display a behavior almost like a goodbye. Whether it was a good bye from the one dying or from a fellow companion pet, there was most certainly a distinct change of physical behavior.
Table of Contents. 1  Biographical Sketch. 2  Rawls's Mature Work: A Theory of Justice (1971) The Basic Structure of Society. Utilitarianism as the Principal Opponent. 3  Recasting the Argument for Stability: Political Liberalism (1993) 4  Problems of Extension. 5  References and Further Reading.
The appeal of retributive justice as a theory of punishment rests in part on direct intuitive support, in part on the claim that it is better than alternative accounts of punishment, and in part on arguments tying it to deeper moral principles.