Both Uses of
benevolent
in
Starship Troopers
- While a judge should be benevolent in purpose, his awards should cause the criminal to suffer, else there is no punishment — and pain is the basic mechanism built into us by millions of years of evolution which safeguards us by warning when something threatens our survival.†
Chpt 8benevolent = kind, generous, or charitable
- to provide stable and benevolent government.
Chpt 12 *benevolent = kind or good