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    Challenges→Punishment cannot be justified even in principle and is morally wrong.

    A pluralist justification combining crime prevention, victim recognition, and communicative censure—as in Antony Duff's expressive theory—need not fail simply because purely retributive or purely deterrent accounts face objections.

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    Antony Duff(as a key figure in punishment philosophy)
    A contemporary philosopher who developed the 'expressive theory' of punishment, arguing that punishment should primarily express moral condemnation of crime.
    Communicative censure(as used in theories of punishment)
    Using punishment as a way to publicly express disapproval of wrongdoing and communicate that the action was wrong.
    Crime prevention(as used in theories of punishment)
    The goal of stopping crimes from happening in the future, often through punishment or deterrence.
    Deterrent(as used in theories of punishment)
    Meant to discourage or prevent someone (or others) from committing a crime by threatening punishment.
    Expressive theory(as used in criminal justice philosophy)

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    A theory of punishment stating that the main purpose of punishing criminals is to express society's moral disapproval of their actions.
    Pluralist justification(as used in criminal justice philosophy)
    An explanation or defense of something that combines multiple different reasons or approaches rather than relying on just one.
    Retributive(as used in theories of punishment)
    Based on the idea that punishment should be given simply because someone deserves it for doing wrong, like 'an eye for an eye.'
    Victim recognition(as used in theories of punishment)
    Acknowledging and validating the harm and suffering that a crime victim has experienced.

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