taskbar. n. 1. (Computer Science) a row of selectable buttons and icons typically running along the bottom of a computer screen, displaying information such as the names of running programs.
What is the point of moral reasoning? Well, we can think of moral reasoning as a tool and, like any tool, there are lots of ways it can be used. One thing it can be used for is discovering truths. People who use moral reasoning to try to discover truths begin with a certain view about morality.
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.