1. Human Behavior
While it is undoubtedly right to limit punishment to wrongdoers, the question arises as to whether relegating the retributivist principle to a mere formula for distribution really does satisfy our retributivist feelings. ... The positive retributivist principle has "immediate, underived moral appeal."... He claims, in fact, that denunciation of the crime is not a justification for punishment. ... They then focus on resolving an apparently intractable tension between the two types of reasons, neglecting others that are important to punishment's justification. ... What is required is a j...
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