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    It is not the case that An irrevocable offense against an infinite good fixes the moral debt permanently, making ongoing retributive punishment the only proportional response available.

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    • 1.Infinite punishment of finite agents is logically impossible; we cannot coherently inflict what cannot be completed or experienced.
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    • 2.Proportionality requires commensurability between punishment and offender capacity; infinite punishment treats finite beings as infinite.
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    • 3.Retributive justice aims at restoration of moral order, not endless suffering; proportionality serves justice's purpose, not vice versa.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Infinite goods possess infinite worth; offending them creates proportionally infinite moral debt that finite punishments cannot discharge.
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    • 2.Justice requires punishment proportional to harm; abandoning punishment for infinite wrongs abandons proportionality itself.
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    • 3.Moral debts don't expire through time passage alone; an offense's wrong-making properties remain constant regardless of duration elapsed.
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