[lbo-talk] Retributivism and consenr

andie nachgeborenen andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 20 09:01:16 PDT 2004


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> What is the implication of the judgment that "It's
> wicked to inflict
> unwanted pain on the nonconsenting" for the judgment
> that "those who do
> ill should be made to suffer"?
>
> Ted
>

As you know, the Kant Hegel theory of retributive punishment that we have discussed holds that the wrongdoers do consent through the social contract. for those of us who reject social contract theory, retribution is an exception that the wrongdoer craetes by doing wrong. jks

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