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    It is not the case that If offense against an infinite being generates infinite guilt, this reflects the victim's infinite worth, not the commission of an infinitely evil act by the agent.

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    • 1.Guilt requires culpability proportional to knowledge and intent; an agent cannot be infinitely guilty for finite wrongdoing.
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    • 2.If victim's infinite worth alone determines guilt, then trivial offenses against infinite beings become infinitely serious, which seems absurd.
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    • 3.This framework severs the moral link between agent's will and responsibility, making punishment disconnected from desert.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Guilt magnitude should scale with victim's value, not perpetrator's intent or capacity for harm.
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    • 2.An infinite being's worth generates infinite relational significance regardless of finite agent's understanding.
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    • 3.Finite agents cannot perform infinitely evil acts by definition; only infinite beings possess infinite moral weight.
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