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    A justification grounded in legitimate censure and moral ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The only plausible justification for the costs of criminal punishment is that it has large instrumental benefits in terms of crime prevention.

    A justification grounded in legitimate censure and moral communication does not collapse into instrumentalism even when crime prevention benefits are marginal.

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    • 1.Moral communication that expresses legitimate social censure has intrinsic value independent of its causal effects on behavior.
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    • 2.Punishment justified by expressive condemnation respects offenders as moral agents capable of understanding social meaning.
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    • 3.A practice avoids instrumentalism when grounded in principles about what wrongdoers deserve, not merely what outcomes it produces.
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    • 1.If crime prevention is marginal, punishment causes harm without proportionate justifying benefit, becoming morally arbitrary.
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    • 2.Expressive functions and moral communication are themselves instrumental—they aim to shape attitudes and social understanding.
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    • 3.Inflicting suffering solely for communication value, when prevention fails, treats offenders as mere vehicles for public messaging.
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