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    Aristotle's corrective justice in Nicomachean Ethics V gr... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Any quest for the justification of retributive justice must start with the thought that the core of the concept is deserved punishment, not debt repayment.

    Aristotle's corrective justice in Nicomachean Ethics V grounds punishment in restoring an equalized balance, structurally identical to debt repayment.

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    • 1.Aristotle explicitly uses arithmetic proportion (geometric equality) to describe corrective justice, mirroring commercial transactions.
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    • 2.Both debt repayment and punishment restore a numerical balance: the wrongdoer gains unjustly, so subtraction via punishment equalizes.
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    • 3.Aristotle's corrective justice applies to voluntary exchanges (contracts) and involuntary harm alike, suggesting unified structural logic.
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    • 1.Debt is consensual reciprocity between parties; punishment is unilateral state action—structurally disanalogous despite mathematical similarity.
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    • 2.Corrective justice aims to restore victims to their prior condition, not balance abstract ledgers—punishment cannot restore what's lost.
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    • 3.Aristotle treats corrective justice as addressing private wrongs between individuals, not public crimes requiring deterrence or reformation.
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