Was the defendant given a just punishment?

Cover sheets are unnecessary. Papers should be between 1,200 – 2,000 words. See “Paper Guidelines” posted on Bb Return to the Brains On Trial series and reconsider the fictional events and actual research it discusses in light of what you’ve learned over the course of the semester. Your paper should address the central questions of the course: 1) What makes the defendant’s actions wrong? Jimmy wasn’t found guilty of attempted murder by the jury, but what is it that makes Jimmy’s actions morally wrong (or right)? Argue for the right way of evaluating actions and demonstrate why this theory is superior to alternatives. 2) Was the defendant given a just punishment? Jimmy is sentenced to several years in prison by the judge, but what is it that makes this a just or unjust punishment? Apply what you’ve learned about the moral justification for the death penalty and justice to defend your answer to the above question. In making your central argument, you’ll need to make your position clear and respond to the major challenges to it. Generally, it will be more effective to defend a single theory, than it will be to defend what you take to be the best parts from what we’ve covered. It will also be important that you account for what the position you take on one issue implies about the position you should take on others. (For example, if I defend utilitarianism, what should my argument regarding punishment be? Am I being consistent with my position, or am I contradicting my position? That is, is it consistent with utilitarianism to forbid the death penalty? How so?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0eSqIAmKxU pt.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBK_fgTZvk pt.2