GOOD AND EVIL ACTIONS & INTENTIONS 2) Do Good
‘A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree 3) Show compassion to those suffering
produces bad fruit’BIBLE 4) Trust God’s plan - faith/hope
INTENTION: What one desires, the REASONS FOR CRIME
reason/motivate behind doing something CRIME: An action breaking the law. Against:
GOOD: 1) Doing something for the right reasons person/property/state
2) Being sincere/genuine in what you do 1) UPBRINGING: Based on the environment/people
3) Muslims believe god will take intentions into a child is raised in. Crime is normalised/encouraged
account BELIEFS: 1) Important to raise children with strong
EVIL: 1) Having the desire to deliberately cause morals & rules. ‘Perfect their manners’
suffering/harms to others 2) Reformation in prisons
2) lead to performing bad actions (against gods 2) POVERTY: The state of being without the things
will) needed for a reasonable quality of life
3) Might be to do good deeds (To look good) BELIEFS: 1) ‘Do not steal’, poverty does not excuse
A good intention could justify a bad action as this is a universal law
GOOD ACTIONS: 1) Helping/caring for others. 2) ‘Clothe yourselves with compassion’, Christians
2) Treating others with kindness have a duty to alleviate the poverty and help them
3) PARABLE OF S&G shows they will be rewarded so they don’t commit crime, support foodbanks
BELIEF: 1) God is omniscient - he knows everything, 3) Punishable by amputation
he knows what you did and its intention and would 4) Give Zakah to help the poor, fairer society
take them to account. ‘Actions are judged by 3) HATE: Committed due to prejudice views
intentions’ BELIEFS: 1) Jesus emphasised the golden rule to
Good intention [CRIME] may be forgiven spread love, even against enemies
Bad intention [GOOD] won’t be accepted 2) Everyone is Imago Dei, nobody has the right to
SUFFERING cause harm to others
‘Suffering produces perseverance’ ST PAUL 3) ‘All are equal like the teeth of a comb’,
‘You will be tested’ God will test, part of life everyone created by God
SUFFERING: An effect of evil, undergoing pain and 4) OPPOSITION TO AN UNJUST LAW: Crime as a
hardship person can’t follow an unjust law
BELIEFS: 1) Purposefully causing suffering is usually BELIEFS: 1) ‘Submit to the governing authority’,
seen as wrong and will be held accountable on DoJ should not break laws as it causes violence, other
2) Good can come from suffering as it helps to methods
strengthen souls and improve character 2) Gods law (Sharia) is always just, god never does
3) Suffering is a test from god so we become better injustice, he knows the best to create a fair society
4) Result of Original Sin/Free will 3) Protest against an unfair secular law if it is
5) Part of God’s greater plan for us oppressing others
JUSTIFIED: 1) In self-Defence/protect others 5) GREED: Desiring more of something
2) Punishing a criminal (part of the justice system) BELIEFS: 1) ‘Be on your guard against greed’, no
3) If the end justifies the means / lesser of 2 evils excuse, warned.
4) To prevent future suffering 2) ‘For the love of money is the root too all of evil’
3) Charity is given to prevent greed