Jonathan Edwards' proportionality argument conflates the infinite extension of punishment with the infinite magnitude of wrongdoing, a category error between duration and moral weight.

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Category error(as used in logic and philosophy of language): A logical mistake where you apply a rule or concept to something it doesn't actually fit, like using a math formula on a poem.
Infinite extension(in mathematics): The complete, never-ending list of all things that fit a rule or definition. If a recursive rule generates numbers, its infinite extension would be every single number it generates, going on forever.
Jonathan Edwards(as the source of this philosophical argument): An American theologian and philosopher from the 1700s who wrote extensively about God's justice, sin, and damnation from a Christian perspective.
magnitude(Zeno's argument against plurality; a thing lacking magnitude is indistinguishable from nothing): A property encompassing spatial extension, thickness, and bulk, without which a thing would be nothing (i.e., could be added or removed without effect)

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