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    Negative retributivism, as standardly framed, contains a ... — Carmelics
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    Negative retributivism, as standardly framed, contains a contradiction.

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    • 1.Negative retributivism is framed as the view that it is impermissible to punish a wrongdoer more than she deserves.
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    • 2.If desert provides a limit to punishment, then punishment must be deserved up to that limit.
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    • 3.If punishment is deserved up to that limit, then there is a reason to give people what they deserve, i.e., a reason to punish.
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