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  • Are we innate retributivists?

    Are we innate retributivists?

    from philosophicaldisquisitions.blogspot.com: Why do we punish others? There are many philosophical answers to that question. Some claim that we punish in order to incapacitate a potential wrongdoer; some claim that we do it in order to rehabilitate an offender; some claim that we do it in order to deter others; and some claim that we…

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