The 'proper punitive desert agent' condition smuggles in all the normative work, leaving the intrinsic goodness claim empty without a prior and independent theory of legitimate authority.
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The party in a principal-agent relationship who is instructed to produce the good or service on the principal's behalf — in the medical context, the doctor
intrinsic goodness(Contrasted with extrinsic goodness in value theory.)
That which is nonderivatively good; good for its own sake.
normative work(as used in ethics and philosophy)
The ability to actually guide what we *should* do or believe—to tell us what's right and wrong, not just describe what is.