A regime that systematically penalizes legitimate voluntary action to restore a pattern treats persons as means to distributive ends, violating Kantian constraints on persons as ends in themselves.

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(describes how inflexibility harms those with interrupted careers)

To punish or create negative consequences for someone doing something, often unintentionally through a system.

Persons as ends in themselves(Kant's core principle about human dignity)

The idea that people have value simply by being human, and should never be treated only as a way to achieve something else.

Restore a pattern(what people are trying to do when punished)

To bring back or maintain a particular distribution or arrangement that already existed.

Systematically(as describing a consistent problem with voting methods)

Happening as a regular pattern or built-in feature of how something works, rather than by accident or rarely.

Treats persons as means(the core ethical violation being described)

Using people as tools or instruments to achieve some other goal, rather than respecting them for their own sake.

regime(Vitoria's political theory)

A political arrangement created by a people in which power is entrusted to a group or individual to govern for the common good

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