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    If inflicting pain were the intention, then painless or e... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Punishment should not be understood as intended to inflict pain or suffering.

    If inflicting pain were the intention, then painless or even pleasant punishments would be conceptually incoherent, yet community service and fines are paradigm cases of valid punishment.

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    Conceptually incoherent(as used in epistemology)
    An idea that doesn't make logical sense or contradicts itself when you think it through carefully.
    intention(as used in philosophy of language)
    A deliberate plan or purpose that someone has in mind when they do something.
    paradigm cases(used to explain how we define concepts)
    The clearest, most obvious examples of something that help us understand what that thing is—like using a robin as the paradigm case of a bird.
    valid punishment(explaining whether something actually qualifies as punishment)
    A penalty that genuinely counts as real punishment according to the rules or standards we use to define punishment.

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