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| Punishment: Punishment is a consequence intended to discourage a behavior from being repeated. See also Actions, Action theory, Law, Justice, Jurisdiction, Society, Coercion._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Rawls on Punishment - Dictionary of Arguments
I 315 Punishments/Law/Morality/Economy/Justics/Rawls: the distribution of economic and social benefits proceeds completely different from criminal law(1)(2). Rawls: rewards are not the reversal of punishment in criminal law. The function of unequal wages is to take into account the unequal training costs and to lure individuals to the places where they are most needed. In a well-ordered society there would be no need for criminal law, except to the extent that the insurance problem made it necessary (see Isolation/Sen). The question of criminal justice is part of the partial theory of conformity, while distributive justice is part of the strict theory of conformity. Considering distribution and retribution as the other's downside is completely misguided. 1. See L. A. Hart, The Concept of Law (Oxford, 1961), p. 39. 2. Joel Feinberg, Doing and Deserving (Princeton, 1970) ch. V._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005 |
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