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    no finite creature deserves torture — Carmelics
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    no finite creature deserves torture

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    • 1.Finite creatures have limited capacity to deserve infinite suffering, as moral desert requires proportionality between act and consequence.
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    • 2.Torture causes extreme suffering that exceeds any legitimate penological purpose like deterrence, rehabilitation, or incapacitation.
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    • 3.All finite beings possess inherent dignity that constrains permissible punishment regardless of their actions.
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