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    If punishment magnitude = intensity × duration, and durat... — Carmelics
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    If punishment magnitude = intensity × duration, and duration is infinite for all condemned, then all punishment values converge to the same transfinite quantity.

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    • 1.Transfinite arithmetic shows that any finite number multiplied by infinity yields infinity, regardless of the finite multiplier's magnitude.
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    • 2.If duration truly is infinite for all condemned, then intensity differences become negligible relative to infinite temporal extension.
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    • 3.Convergence to a single transfinite value preserves the principle that punishment ought to be proportionate—all infinite sentences are equally severe.
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    • 1.Multiplication by infinity is undefined in standard mathematics; the claim conflates informal intuition with rigorous transfinite operations.
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    • 2.Even if duration is infinite, intensity remains a distinct parameter with independent moral weight—doubling suffering should count morally distinct.
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    • 3.The formula itself may be conceptually incoherent; punishment magnitude cannot be reduced to a single mathematical product of intensity and time.
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