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    It is not the case that Kant, Moore, and Husak himself elsewhere argue that punishing the guilty is intrinsically required by respect for persons as rational agents.

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    • 1.Respecting persons as rational agents requires recognizing their capacity for rehabilitation and moral growth.
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    • 2.Punishment may contradict respect for persons if it involves degradation, suffering, or denial of fundamental rights.
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    • 3.Causal factors (trauma, poverty, mental illness) may undermine rational agency, making pure retribution disrespectful.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Rational agents possess moral dignity that demands accountability for their autonomous choices.
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    • 2.Allowing wrongdoing to go unpunished treats the wrongdoer as less than fully responsible for their actions.
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    • 3.Punishment restores the moral balance violated by criminal action, affirming equal dignity of all persons.
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