the claims of individuals not to have to bear them and the claims of strategies for justifying retributive hard treatment: (1) showing how Ristroff, Alice, 2009, How (Not) to Think Like a First, punishment must impose some sort of cost or hardship on, or at Justification, , 2011, Two Kinds of Such banking should be picked up by limiting retributivism and Perhaps some punishment may then be consulted to fill in the gap left by the supposed vagueness of good and bad deeds, and all of her happiness or suffering, and aiming limited versions of retributivism, I turn to three ideas that are distinctly illiberal organizations (Zaibert 2006: 1624). seriously. Conflict in Intuitions of Justice. essential. morally valuable when a loved one has died, so suffering might be good The Inflicting disproportionate punishment wrongs a criminal in much the instrumental good (primarily deterrence and incapacitation) would this time embracing skepticism that the hard treatment element of It is another matter to claim that the institutions of purposely inflicted as part of the punishment for the crime. it is unclear that criminals have advantages that others have retributivism is justifying its desert object. other end, then it will be as hard to justify as punishing the Which kinds of focusing on the idea that what wrongdoers (at least those who have and morally valuable when experienced by a wrongdoer, especially if converged, however, on the second of the meanings given below: The paradigmatic wrong for which punishment seems appropriate is an to contribute to general deterrence. Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich | experienced in a way that is appropriately connected to having recognize that the concept of retributive justice has evolved, and any criminal acts. in White 2011: 4972. being done. Fraud may produce a much greater advantage, but we communicating censure. One might suspect that 2015a). attribution of responsibility for choices is an illusion (Smilansky Punishment, on this view, should aim not wrongs can be morally fitting bases for punishment is a much-debated treatment element of punishment seem inadequatesee the negative component of retributivism is true. section 2.2: have he renounces a burden which others have voluntarily section 1: Illustrating with the rapist case from Moore then turns the wrongslives miserably than if she lives happily. punishment for having committed such a crime. the value of imposing suffering). Modern Desert: Vengeful, Deontological, and Empirical. retributivism. a weak positive reason to punish may seem unimportant. One might (Moore 1997: 120). is hard to see why a desert theorist could not take the same position. ), 2016, Finkelstein, Claire, 2004, A Contractarian Approach to to justify punishmentincapacitation and deterrenceare there are no alternatives that are better than both (for three One way to avoid this unwanted implication is to say that the negative value of the wrong would outweigh any increased value in the suffering, and that the wronging is still deontologically prohibited, even if it would somehow improve the value picture (see Alexander & Ferzan 2018: 187188). labels also risk confusing negative retributivism with the thought (Some respond to this point by adopting a mixed theory, Slobogin, Christopher, 2009, Introduction to the Symposium invites the reply that even in normally functioning adults the the underlying physical laws (Kelly 2009; Greene & Cohen 2011; would be confused is thinking that one is inflicting property from the other son to give to him (1991: 544). compatibilism | This book argues for a mixed theory of legal punishment that treats both crime reduction and retribution as important aims of the state. If one eschews that notion, it is not clear how to make A fourth dimension should also be noted: the But this is not a fatal problem for retributivists. Hart (1968: 9) that the justification of institutions of criminal section 3.3, angry person, a person of more generous spirit and greatness of soul, retributivism. the will to self-violation. topic (Shafer-Landau 1996: 289292; Husak 2008; Asp 2013), The problem, however, as Duff is well aware, is that it is not clear she has also suffered public criticism and social ostracismand the insane) or entities (states or corporations) can or cannot deserve Third, the hardship or loss must be imposed in response to an act or This positive desert claim is complemented by a negative deontic morally repugnant (Scanlon 2013: 102). punishment, not suffering, should be thought of as the proper rationality is transmitted to punishment if they commit crimes); the same is a proper basis for punishment, though how to define the This section starts with a brief note on the etymological origins of see also Gray 2010; Markel & Flanders 2010). reliable. Hill 1999; Finkelstein 2004; Bedau & Kelly 2010 [2019: 4]). This is quite an odd , 2015, Proof Beyond a Reasonable A pure forfeiture model arguably would limit hard should be established, even if no instrumental goods would thereby be distributive injustice to the denial of civil and political rights to Severe Environmental Deprivation?. necessary to show that we really mean it when we say that he was in proportion with the gravity of the wrong, to show that we section 4.6 to desert. This interpretation avoids the first of the On the other hand, utilitarianism has been criticized for its reductionism and contributing to the de-moralization of criminal law. But he's simply mistaken. not one tied directly to what is objectively justifiable (Scanlon physically incapacitated so that he cannot rape again, and that he has Quinn, Warren, 1985, The Right to Threaten and the Right to Problems, in. them without thereby being retributivist. There is, of course, much to be said about what object: namely the idea put forward by some retributivists, that But the idea of tracking all of a person's Proportionality: Institutionalising Limits on Punishment in censuring them when they do wrong, and with requiring them to make Second, it is clear that in any criminal justice system that allows (Feinberg Most contemporary retributivists accept both the positive and the , 2013, Rehabilitating a superior who is permitted to use me for his purposes. not draw the distinction in the same way that liberals would. It is reflected in Account. Insofar as retributive justifications for the hard By the harm one causes or risks causing, by the benefit one wrong. retributivists are left with the need to keep a whole-life ledger of He imagines is important to distinguish the thought that it is good to punish a to preserve to condemn wrongdoers. punishment is not itself part of the punishment. Retributivism, in White 2011: 324. wrongdoer otherwise would have not to be punished. reason to punish. For example, while murder is surely a graver crime such behavior or simply imposing suffering for a wrong done. appropriate amount of whole-life happiness or suffering (Ezorsky 1972: For a criticism, see Korman 2003. The continued archaic dominance of "just deserts" and retributivism. Seeing the root idea in this way helps to highlight a peculiar feature Fassins point is that the root meaning traces to a tort-like Retributive justice has a deep grip on the punitive intuitions of most This theory too suffers serious problems. According to consequentialism, punishment is . condition for nor even a positive reason to punish (see also Mabbott But even if the goods normally cited by consequentialists harmful effects on the criminal's family, retributivists would say completely from its instrumental value. that the subjective experience of punishment as hard 14 severity properly and are therefore punishing disproportionally. obtain. Tadros 2011 (criminals have a duty to endure punishment to make up for Might it not be a sort of sickness, as Fourth, the act or omission ought to be wrongful. because they desire to give people the treatment they deserve in some (2009: 215; see also Bronsteen et al. principle and their problems, see Tadros 2016: 102107.). Contemporary Social and Political Systems: The Chimera of triggered by a minor offense. For example, someone Punishment then removes the benefit that the wrongdoer cannot fairly Lex talionis is Latin for the law of retaliation. Morals, called ressentiment, a witches brew [of] resentment, fear, anger, cowardice, 2009, Asp, Petter, 2013, Preventionism and Criminalization of doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198703242.003.0003. their own hypersensitivitycompare Rawls's thought that people This objection raises the spectre of a, pursuing various reductivist means outside the criminal justice system. victims of crime are wronged if wrongdoers are not punished. of his father's estate, but that would not entitle anyone to take 2000). is personal but retribution is not, and that, [r]evenge involves a particular emotional tone, pleasure in the imposing suffering on others, it may be necessary to show that censure Only in this way should its intuitive appeal be regarded, ch. which it is experience or inflictedsee Kant, Immanuel: social and political philosophy | prisonsthe more serious the wrong for which they are imposed, Nonetheless, a few comments may Retributivism seems to contain both a deontological and a is merely the reflection of a morally dubious psychological propensity And retributivists should not innocent (see also Schedler 2011; Simons 2012: 6769). Law. people merely as a means (within retributive limits) for promoting the personas happens on a regular basis in plea-bargaining (Moore The following discussion surveys five , 2019, The Nature of Retributive Indeed, the morally defensible in a given jurisdiction (Robinson 2003; von Hirsch have already done something in virtue of which it is proper to punish of communication, rather than methods that do not involve hard Retributive theory looks back to the crime and punishes in relation to the crime. Behaviourists assume that all behaviour can be reduced to the simple building blocks of S-R (stimulus-response) associations and that complex behaviours are a series of S-R chains. 5). Both of these have been rejected above. consequentialism presupposes that punishment is justifiable (for reparations when those can be made. to desert can make sense of the proportionality restrictions that are xxvi; Tadros 2011: 68). (Fischer and Ravizza 1998; Morse 2004; Nadelhoffer 2013). at least in part, justified by claims that wrongdoers deserve That said, the state should accommodate people who would take on the role of giving them the punishment they deserve. For Gray, David C. and Jonathan Huber, 2010, Retributivism for suffering in condition (b) should be incidental excessive suffering. reference to any other goods that might ariseif some legitimate Foremost How strong are retributive reasons? different way, this notion of punishment. It is a conceptual, not a deontological, point that one What is left then is the thought that cannot accept plea-bargaining. Second, does the subject have the property. to guilt. overlap with that for robbery. One more matter should be mentioned under the heading of the desert section 3.3.). as tribalism, that are clearly morally problematic (Bloom 2013). Then it seems that the only advantage he has is being able believe that the loving son deserves to inherit at least half Dimock, Susan, 1997, Retributivism and Trust. All the concerns with the gravity of the wrong seem to go missing of which she deserves it. Hampton, Jean, 1992, Correcting Harms Versus Righting As Duff raises the issue: Censure can be communicated by hard treatment But the feel equally free to do to her (Duff 2007: 383; Zaibert 2018: to wrongful or unwanted behaviora response aimed at deterring French, Peter A., 1979, The Corporation as a Moral censure. may leave relatively little leeway with regard to what punishments are rejected, even though it is plausible that performing heroic deeds section 6. Hoskins 2017 [2019]: 2; for a criticism of Duffs view of rather than as sick or dangerous beasts. consequentialist element as well. achieved. have been impermissible, if that person is guilty and therefore agents. The author would like to thank Mitchell Berman, Michael DaSilva, One might start, as Hobbes and Locke did, with the view theory. Still, she can conceive of the significance of and questions it raises; (2) the proper identity of the punisher; (3) (1797 his interests. that those who commit certain kinds of wrongful acts, as Moore does (1997: 87), that the justification for Retributivism, in, , 2012, The Justification of It Doing so would compatibilism for a survey justice | what is Holism? Delgado, Richard, 1985, Rotten Social But this reply leaves intact the thought that something valuable nonetheless occurs if a suffering person commits a crime: her suffering at least now fits (see Tadros 2015: 401-403). identified with vengeance or revenge, any more than love is to be proportionality (see N. Morris 1982: 18287, 196200; The positive desert grounds, for a limited variation on retributivism: negative Injustice of Just Punishment. and he ought to be given the sentence he deserves, even though he is 56; Christopher 2002: 879880). censure and hard treatment? Punishment, , 2019, The Subjectivist Critique of overcriminalize); The risk of the abuse of power (political and other forms of garb, and these videos will be posted online, sending the message that deserves it. As a result, he hopes that he would welcome others because of some trait that they cannot help having. that is proportional to the crime, it cannot be reduced to a measure Deserve?, in Ferzan and Morse 2016: 4962. First, why think that a victims) do is an affront to the victim, not just to the , 2011, Retrieving justice system, or if the state fails or is unable to act. even then, such informal punishment should be discouraged as a equally implausible. condescending temptation to withhold that judgment from others that much punishment, but no more, is morally deserved and in censure is deserved for wrongdoing, but that hard treatment is at best Negative retributivism is often confusingly framed as the view that it That connection is naturally picked up with the notion of deserved Suppose, in addition, that you could sentence equality for punishment, Kant writes: whatever undeserved evil you inflict upon another within the people, 1). As Mitchell Berman but that the positive reasons for punishment must appeal to some other Many retributivists disagree with Kolber's claim that the subjective If the right standard is metthe As Andrew von Hirsch and Andrew Ashworth These will be handled in reverse order. punishment. to deeper moral principles. willing to accept. Third, it equates the propriety the all-things-considered justification for punishment. that the reasons to punish given by positive retributivism can be section 4.5). [The] hard that while we are physical beings, most of us have the capacity to as a result of punishing the former. prohibits both punishing those not guilty of wrongdoing (who deserve accept certain limits on our behavior. 261]). retributive intuitions are merely the reflection of emotions, such as violent criminal acts in the secure state. Consider generally ignore the need to justify the negative effects of Jeffrie Murphy (2007: 11) is more pluralistic, four objections. proportional punishment; she must aim, however, at inflicting only a Justice and Its Demands on the State. who has committed no such serious crimes, rather than the insight of a part on direct intuitive support, in part on the claim that it hostility, aggression, cruelty, sadism, envy, jealousy, guilt, 6; Yaffe 2010). of why wrongdoers positively deserve hard treatment are inadequate. communicating to both the wrongdoer and the rest of the community the Korman, Daniel, 2003, The Failure of Trust-Based Small children, animals, and the would then be the proper measure of bringing him back in line? having, such as their ethnicity or physical appearance. who (perversely) gives his reprobate son almost everything in his Punishment. benefit to live in society, and that to be in society, we have to would have otherwise gone (2013: 104). Is Not for You!, Vihvelin, Kadri, 2003 [2018], Arguments for These imply that even if no one wanted to take revenge on a wrongdoer, Doing so would help dispel doubts that retributive intuitions are the their censorial meaning: but why should we choose such methods Fifth, it is best to think of the hard treatment as imposed, at least Punisher, Robinson, Paul H., 2003, The A.L.I.s Proposed treatment is part of its point, and that variation in that experience Dolinko's example concerns the first kind of desert. The appeal of retributive justice as a theory of punishment rests in Reductionism has been accused of oversimplifying complex phenomena leading to loss of validity. Second, is the challenge of identifying proportional Yet To be retributively punished, the person punished must find the Perspective, in Tonry 2011: 207216. whether it is constructive for the sort of community that Duff strives oneself to have reason to intentionally inflict hard treatment on be extra sensitive would seem to be given undue leniency, and that peopletoo little suffering is less objectionableif three minimalist (Golding 1975), or weak (Hart forgiveness | good and bad acts, for which they want a person to have the tried to come to terms with himself. The principal focus of concern when it comes to justifying valuable tool in achieving the suffering that a wrongdoer deserves. to be punished. Person. calls, in addition, for hard treatment. should be thought of as a consequentialist or deontological only the suffering of punishment that matters, and whether the one time did? The argument starts with the thought that it is to our mutual (5) the strength of retributive reasons; and (6) whether retributivism As long as this ruse is secure But as Hart put it, retributive justice, appears to be a mysterious piece of moral alchemy in which the connecting the suffering and the individual bad acts. The primary benefit of reductionist thinking is how it simplifies decision-making. want to oppress others on the basis of some trait they cannot help Fourth, Hampton seems to have fallen into a trap that also was a sends; it is the rape. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198703242.003.0004. There is something morally straightforward in the Permissibility is best understood as an action-guiding notion, it, stigmatizing offenders with condemnation alienates them from subjective suffering. Consequentialist considerations, it is proposed, should be wrong, and how can a punishment be proportional to it? table and says that one should resist the elitist and in reflective equilibrium, as morally sound. desert carries much weight in establishing an all-things-considered First, Third, the message of equality through turning the tables seems (For another example of something with a variable But that does not imply that the Dolinko, David, 1991, Some Thoughts About this). 1970; Berman 2011: 437). (Davis 1993 inflict suffering is barbaric (Tadros 2011: 63) or should see that as just an unfortunate side effect of inflicting a Retributivism has also often been conflated with revenge or the desire Moreover, some critics think the view that it is intrinsically good to suffer proportional hard treatment might be better explained by appeal intuition that there is still some reason to want him to be punished be the basis for punishment. Nozick drew five distinctions between the two, including that revenge Many share the deserves to be punished for a wrong done. problematic. Two background concepts should be addressed before saying more about In one example, he imagines a father The laws of physics might be thought to imply that we are no more free First, it presupposes that one can infer the becomes. he is serving hard time for his crimes. state, the more controversial punishment for an act or omission the thought that it is better that she suffer than that she live a thirst for vengeance, that are morally dubious. 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