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    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
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    It is not the case that Justice requires proportionality between offense and consequence; an offense against infinite holiness generates infinite moral weight (Jonathan Edwards, 'The Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners').

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    • 1.Proportionality assumes commensurability between offense and punishment; infinite punishment for finite acts may be logically incoherent.
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    • 2.Finite beings with limited cognitive capacity cannot intentionally commit infinite offenses; moral culpability requires proportional agency.
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    • 3.Retributive justice systems historically justify severe punishments through similar logic; the framework itself may be fundamentally flawed.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Moral weight of an offense scales with the status/worth of the offended party; infinite worth generates infinite offense.
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    • 2.Proportional justice requires consequences matching offense severity; failing this makes punishment arbitrary, not just.
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    • 3.Finite creatures cannot adequately compensate infinite holiness through finite suffering; only infinite consequence satisfies justice.
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