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    It is implausible that these costs can be justified simpl... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The only plausible justification for the costs of criminal punishment is that it has large instrumental benefits in terms of crime prevention.

    It is implausible that these costs can be justified simply by the importance of punishing wrongdoers as they deserve to be punished.

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    It is implausible that these costs can be justified simply by the importance of punishing wrongdoers as they deserve to be punished. The only plausible way to justify these costs is if criminal punishment has large instrumental benefits in terms of crime prevention (Husak 2000; Cahill 2011; Lippke 2019).

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