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    Retributivism is intuitively appealing as a theory of pun... — Carmelics
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    Retributivism is intuitively appealing as a theory of punishment.

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    • Retributivism captures the widely shared sense that it is always or nearly always impermissible to inflict punishment on those who have done no wrong and to inflict disproportionately large punishments on those who have done some wrong.
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    • 1.Intuitions about punishment are heavily shaped by cultural, retributive norms rather than reflecting universal moral truths.
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    • 2.Nietzsche's genealogical analysis in 'On the Genealogy of Morality' shows retributive intuitions trace to creditor-debtor relations and cruelty, not justice.
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    • 3.An intuition whose historical origins are contingent and morally suspect cannot serve as independent justification for a punishment theory.
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    • 1.The intuition that proportionate punishment is permissible underdetermines retributivism, since consequentialist theories can also prohibit disproportionate punishment.
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    • 2.P.F. Strawson's reactive attitudes framework shows punishment intuitions can be grounded in relational standing rather than desert-based metaphysics.
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    • 3.Retributivism's claim to unique intuitive support fails if competing theories accommodate the same moral data without positing backward-looking desert obligations.
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    Not only is retributivism in that way intuitively appealing, the primary alternative, consequentialist theories of punishment that focus on deterrence and incapacitation, seem to confront a deep problem. They have difficulty explaining a core and intuitively compelling feature of retributivism, namely the widely shared sense that it is always or nearly always impermissible both to inflict punishment on those who have done no wrong and to inflict disproportionately large punishments on those who have done some wrong. (Some respond to this point by adopting a mixed theory, according to which ret...
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    Validity: The passage explicitly states that retributivism is "intuitively appealing" and connects this to its ability to explain the widely shared intuition about the impermissibility of punishing the innocent and disproportionate punishment, which the premise accurately captures.

    Confidence: Clearly stated argument in the text.

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