Punishment is now unfashion... by Thomas Szasz, an American Psychologist

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“Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility.”

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Thomas Szasz

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Name: Thomas Szasz

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Apr 15, 1920

Profession: Psychologist

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A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.

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Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.

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