H.L.A. Hart's mixed theory distinguishes the general justifying aim of punishment from the principles governing its distribution, allowing consequentialist goals to justify the institution without reducing each instance to mere utility.
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consequentialist(Shared position of Russell and Moore)
One who believes that the rightness or otherwise of an act is in some way dependent on consequences.
mixed theory(philosophy of religious language)
A theory of religious language that combines cognitive (truth-apt, descriptive) and non-cognitive (expressive, attitude-expressing) elements in analyzing religious sentences
utility(Mill's qualification distinguishing his conception of utility from narrower hedonistic or preference-based interpretations.)
Utility in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being — not mere immediate pleasure or preference satisfaction.