Physical pain is an important political topic in relation to various issues, including pain management policy, drug control, animal rights or animal welfare, torture, and pain compliance. In various contexts, the deliberate infliction of pain in the form of corporal punishment is used as retribution for an offence, or for the purpose of disciplining or reforming a wrongdoer, or to deter attitudes or behaviour deemed unacceptable. In some cultures, extreme practices such as mortification of the flesh or painful rites of passage are highly regarded. COUNT 5
QSN1 What type of topic is physical pain important in relation to many issues? ANS1 political QSN2 Corporal punishment is a form of what type of pain? ANS2 deliberate infliction QSN3 How does pain inform attitudes deemed unacceptable? ANS3 deter QSN4 What kind of practices do some cultures highly regard? ANS4 extreme QSN5 What is corporal punishment used as retribution for? ANS5 an offence