Strictly speaking, parents cannot "punish" their children (in a philosophical sense of the word), because punishment requires the existence of an official, government-backed legal system

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


ANS: F
Punishment does require the breaking of standards or rules, but those standards do not have to be established by the state. Any group of people can, in principle, embrace a system of rules that makes punishment possible.

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The Socratic Dialogues were written by whom?

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