Non-state punishment systems (tribal, private) face identical legitimacy questions; focusing on actual modern punishment structures is pragmatically justified, not question-begging.

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Legitimacy(as what the argument is discussing whether democracy or autocracy can possess): The quality of being rightfully in power; when people accept that a government has the right to rule.
Non-state punishment systems(as used in criminal justice and social systems): Ways of punishing wrongdoing that aren't run by governments—like when a family disciplines a member, a religious community enforces its rules, or a village decides consequences for breaking community norms.
Pragmatically justified(in epistemology and practical reasoning): Something makes sense to do because it works well in practice, even if it doesn't answer every theoretical question perfectly.
question-begging(Epistemology, anti-skeptical argumentation): A charge leveled against anti-skeptical arguments that assume what they set out to prove, particularly in Putnamian externalist arguments

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