B. F. Skinner

Behavior used to be reinforced by great deprivation; if people weren't hungry, they wouldn't work. Now we are committed to feeding people whether they work or not. Nor is money as great a reinforcer as it once was. People no longer work for punitive reasons, yet our culture offers no new satisfactions.

American Psychologist

Mike Huckabee

As a governor, I've signed virtually every kind of pro-life legislation that we can sign under existing federal law, none of which have been harsh or punitive, but I think they've been important to really point out a pro-life culture in Arkansas. That's, for me, a good thing.

American Politician

Jay Samit

The greatest challenge to most innovation centers around the world is many nations' punitive attitudes towards failure. In most of the world, if your first business fails, no one will work with you again. But, trial and error is the genesis of innovation.

American Businessman

Howard Gardner

The problems in our educational system are indissociable from broader malignant trends in our society, and they can't be solved by lots of testing and by punitive actions against schools that are not performing well.

Kenneth Blackwell

Job creation requires a business friendly environment with a tax structure that is not punitive and a state government designed for efficient use of fewer tax dollars.

Luis Gutierrez

If you are opposed to immigration or support strictly punitive immigration measures, you cannot even start a conversation about other issues with most Latino voters.

John Cleese

God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered.

English Actor

Rick Perry

Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits.

Romano Prodi

I don't want to pass a punitive law, or use politics as a vendetta.

Italian Statesman

Nick Saban

I've had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.

American Coach

Used when consequences are designed to change someone's actions.

Behavior Correction

Sometimes 'punitive' suggests overly harsh consequences, not just fair discipline.

Not Always Fair

Often found in contexts involving control by authority figures or institutions.

Authority Context

In a business setting, implies financial penalties to discourage certain actions.

Financial Deterrent

Highlights severity to prevent businesses from engaging in unethical practices.

Deterring Misconduct

It can be used to emphasize the negative consequence as a motive to comply.

Disincentive Effects

In law, refers to damages exceeding simple compensation, aiming to punish.

Beyond Compensation

Legal use implies not just punishment, but also deterring others from similar acts.

Punish and Deter

Emphasizes that punishment is a response to wrongdoing, not a first resort.

Legal Retribution

 that will influence what happens in each of these various states and I think that narrative is in some ways part of what we were what I was trying to talk about it Ted last time which is that we've got to be more thoughtful about what it means to be led by fear and led by anger and led by politicians that are punitive and harsh and what it means to be

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 because they are a remarkable breed and if we rely as we do at the moment solely on the criminal justice system and the threat of punitive sentences we will be nurturing a monster we cannot tame thank you very much for listening

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 while gross and illegal punitive measures were overused. And so this put me on a quest for justness, and what justness means to me is using laws for their intended purpose, which is to protect. The role of laws is to protect.

Punitive