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    Being annihilated is a finite punishment — Carmelics
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    Being annihilated is a finite punishment

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    • 1.Punishment requires consciousness to experience suffering; annihilation ends consciousness, so ceases punishment
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    • 2.Finite punishments have temporal boundaries; annihilation has a definite endpoint, unlike eternal torment
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    • 3.A punishment proportionate to finite wrongdoing should itself be finite rather than perpetual
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    • 1.Annihilation may be infinite in scope by destroying all future experiences, making it maximally severe
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    • 2.If punishment aims at justice or restitution, permanent non-existence prevents any redemptive possibilities
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    • 3.Calling cessation of existence a 'punishment' confuses harm done during life with metaphysical status afterward
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