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    It is not the case that Since finite agents possess only finite culpability regardless of whom they offend, eternal punishment cannot be grounded in the nature of the crime committed.

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    • 1.Culpability depends on the status of the victim, not just the finite agent's capacities. Offending an infinite being may warrant infinite response.
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    • 2.Duration of punishment and magnitude of culpability are distinct concepts. Finite wrongs could warrant finite culpability but infinite duration.
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    • 3.This argument assumes retributive justice is the only framework. Deterrence or reformation theories don't require proportional punishment.
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    • 1.Culpability is proportional to an agent's causal power and knowledge. Finite beings have limited both, so their culpability must be finite.
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    • 2.Punishment justified by retribution requires proportionality between harm caused and penalty imposed. Infinite punishment violates this principle.
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    • 3.An infinite sentence for a finite act appears unjust by any coherent moral standard that rational agents could endorse as fair.
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