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    The retributive intuition that wrongdoers deserve punishm... — Carmelics
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    The retributive intuition that wrongdoers deserve punishment is widely shared among people.

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    • 1.The vast majority of people share the retributive intuition.
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    • 2.In the case of the incapacitated rapist, the widely shared intuition is that he should be punished even if doing so is expected to produce no consequentialist good distinct from him getting the punishment he deserves.
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    • 1.Moral intuitions vary systematically across cultures, historical periods, and social positions, undermining claims of universality.
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    • 2.Cross-cultural studies (e.g., Darley & Shulman) show restorative rather than retributive intuitions dominate in many non-Western societies.
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    • 3.A widely shared intuition rooted in evolutionary psychology or social conditioning carries no independent normative authority.
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    • 1.Rawls argues in 'Two Concepts of Rules' that retributive intuitions track a practice-rule of punishment justified ultimately by social utility, not desert.
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    • 2.If the retributive intuition is best explained as a heuristic for consequentialist social coordination, its apparent independence from consequences is illusory.
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    • 3.Moore's incapacitated rapist case stipulates away all consequences artificially, producing intuitions that may not generalize to real penal practice.
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    SEP: justice-retributive
    Moore 1997: 101; example of the incapacitated rapist
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    It seems clear that the vast majority of people share the retributive intuition that makes up the first prong (Moore 1997: 101). Consider again the example of the incapacitated rapist mentioned in section 1. The intuition is widely shared that he should be punished even if doing so is expected to produce no consequentialist good distinct from him getting the punishment he deserves.
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    Validity: The premises directly restate claims from the source passage and together they support the conclusion that the retributive intuition is widely shared, with the incapacitated rapist example serving as evidence for that claim.

    Confidence: The argument is clearly presented: the example of the incapacitated rapist serves as evidence for the widespread nature of the retributive intuition.

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