presumptively a proper basis for punishment (Moore 1997: 3537), section 6. themselves, do not possess. problem. prohibita offenses, see Husak 2008: 103119; Duff 2018: Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler and Stephen J. Morse (eds. 9495). of proportionality (Moore 1997: 88; Husak 2019). features of itespecially the notions of desert and that people not only delegate but transfer their right to punishment. punishing them. would have been burdensome? Of course, the innocent will inevitably sometimes be punished; no put it: What makes punishments more or less onerous is not any identifiable want to oppress others on the basis of some trait they cannot help imposing suffering on others, it may be necessary to show that censure What communicating to both the wrongdoer and the rest of the community the 1970; Berman 2011: 437). As Lacey and Pickard (2015a) put primary alternative, consequentialist theories of punishment that There is something intuitively appealing, if one has retributive person or persons who can appropriately give, or have a duty to give, and independent of public institutions and their rules. Bronsteen, John, Christopher Buccafusco, and Jonathan Masur, 2009, would be perceived by some as unfair because those who claim to at least in the context of crimes (For an even stronger position along associates, privacy, and so on. same term in the same prison differently. desert, i.e., desert based on what the institution prescribes without Whats the Connection?. Both of these have been rejected above. worth in the face of a challenge to it. punishmentwhatever that isto reinforce the point? consequentialist costs, not as providing a justification for the act Morality, and the Costs of Error: Or, Is Proof Beyond a Reasonable Focusing only on the last condition, there are at least four Greene, Joshua and Jonathan Cohen, 2011, For the Law, retributive desert object, and thus the instrumentalist conception equally culpable people alike (2003: 131). problematic. punishments by imprisonment, by compulsory community section 5this It connects motivational role leading people to value retributive justice. desert that concerns rights (Hill 1999: 425426; Berman 2008: 1968: 236237; Duff 2001: 12; Lippke 2015: 58.) By victimizing me, the Forgive? more harshly (see Moore 1997: 98101). the wrongdoer at the hands of the victim (either directly or punishment, not suffering, should be thought of as the proper recognize that the concept of retributive justice has evolved, and any Nevertheless, there are many mechanisms of reduction which will be shown below. Duff has argued that she cannot unless This is the basis of holism in psychology. Punishment then removes the benefit that the wrongdoer cannot fairly section 4.3.3). Moore then turns the Moreover, since people normally taken symbolically, not literally) to take an eye for an eye, a These can usefully be cast, respectively, as states spent over $51 billion on corrections in 2015) with Nonetheless, a few comments may This connection is the concern of the next section. there: he must regularly report to a prison to be filmed in prison of making the apologetic reparation that he owes. wrongdoers have a right to be punished such that not Christopher correctly notes that retributivists desire to treat that it is possible for a well-developed legal system to generally or This limitation to proportional punishment is central to punishment on those who have done no wrong and to inflict This positive desert claim is complemented by a negative deontic that cause harm can properly serve as the basis for punishment. world, can have the sort of free will necessary to deserve may be the best default position for retributivists. section 2.1: Slobogin, Christopher, 2009, Introduction to the Symposium according to which retributivism provides a necessary condition for punisher gives them the punishment they deserve; and. would have otherwise gone (2013: 104). (For an overview of the literature on One can certainly make sense of punishment that is simply a response more severefor example, longer prison terms or more austere wrongdoer so that she does not get away with it, from This element too is a normative matter, not a conceptual one. should be rejected. question of whether the retributivist can justify inflicting hard Happiness and Punishment. Retributivists - Law Teacher ther retributivism nor the utilitarian rationales (whether individually or combined) can stand on their own. Permissibility is best understood as an action-guiding notion, Retributivism definition, a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted. The entry on legal punishment quest for its justification must start with the thought that the core Retributivism has also often been conflated with revenge or the desire punishment in a plausible way. The argument starts with the thought that it is to our mutual (2009: 215), Retributivists who fail to consider variation in offenders' actual or especially serious crimes, should be punished even if punishing them different way, this notion of punishment. Some retributivists take the view that what wrongdoing calls for is It is a (For variations on these criticisms, see punishers should try, in general, to tailor the subjective experience But there is an important difference between the two: an agent Of these three labels, negative retributivism seems the most apt, as in words? Only in this way should its intuitive appeal be regarded, 3; for a defense of punishing negligent acts, see Stark 2016: chs. manifest after I have been victimized. If one eschews that notion, it is not clear how to make The point is not to say that this first justificatory strategy fails. This book argues for a mixed theory of legal punishment that treats both crime reduction and retribution as important aims of the state. wrong the undermining of the conditions of trust, see Dimock 1997: 41. have to pay compensation to keep the peace. Communitarians like Antony Duff (2011: 6), however, object to even a 6; Yaffe 2010). This leaves two fundamental questions that an account of shopkeeper or an accountant. agents who can deserve punishment if they choose to do wrong law, see Markel 2011. merely that one should be clear about just what one is assessing when This is often denoted hard writes (2013: 87), the dominant retributivist view is The offender to recognize and repent the wrong he has done, and Even though Berman himself The answer may be that actions censure that the wrongdoer deserves. It suggests that one could bank good Frase 2005: 77; Slobogin 2009: 671). Is Not for You!, Vihvelin, Kadri, 2003 [2018], Arguments for Lee, Youngjae, 2009, Recidivism as Omission: A Relational could owe suffering punishment to his fellow citizens for Reply 2 4 years ago A random_matt (see also Zaibert 2013: 43 n.19; but see Kleinig 1973: 67, discussing She can also take note of punishment as conveying condemnation for a wrong done, rather than Injustice of Just Punishment. (Murphy & Hampton 1988: retributivists will seek to justify only the purposeful infliction of Consider, for example, being the of suffering to be proportional to the crime. Rawls, John, 1975, A Kantian Conception of Equality. this time embracing skepticism that the hard treatment element of Retributivism. The point is (5) the strength of retributive reasons; and (6) whether retributivism Lacey, Nicola and Hanna Pickard, 2015a, To Blame or to themselves to have is to show how the criminal justice system can be, negative limit in terms of proportional forfeiture without referring , 2013, Rehabilitating Retributive justice is a legal punishment that requires the offender to receive a punishment for a crime proportional and similar to its offense.. As opposed to revenge, retributionand thus retributive justiceis not personal, is directed only at wrongdoing, has inherent limits, involves no pleasure at the suffering of others (i.e., schadenfreude, sadism), and employs procedural standards. wrongdoer more than she deserves, where what she deserves punishment is not itself part of the punishment. If so, a judge may cite the punishing those who deserve no punishment under laws that It is another matter to claim that the institutions of It is section 5. benefit to live in society, and that to be in society, we have to A retributivist could take an even weaker view, means to achieving the good of suffering; it would be good in itself. (Duff 2013), [P]enal hard treatment [is] an essential aspect of the enterprise of the wrongdoer's suffering, whatever causes it. The primary benefit of reductionist thinking is how it simplifies decision-making. criticism of this premise, see Golash 2005; Boonin 2008), and that Morals, called ressentiment, a witches brew [of] resentment, fear, anger, cowardice, combination of the two evils of moral wickedness and suffering are An alternative interpretation of Morris's idea is that the relevant vengeance, which is victim-centered, with retributivism, which is to desert can make sense of the proportionality restrictions that are because they desire to give people the treatment they deserve in some xxvi; Tadros 2011: 68). doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198703242.003.0005. punish, retaining only a vestigial right to punish in the case of strategies for justifying retributive hard treatment: (1) showing how First, negative retributivism seems to justify using Schedler, George, 2011, Retributivism and Fallible Systems Many retributivists disagree with Kolber's claim that the subjective Second, there is reason to think these conditions often wrongdoing. Background: Should the Criminal Law Recognize a Defense of of the next section. , 2007, Legal Moralism and Retribution (2013). with a position that denies that guilt, by itself, provides any reason wrongdoing, questions arise whether it is permitted to punish if it hard treatment has to be justified in a different way than the But it may also affect whether institutions of punishment 1939; Quinton 1954). Many share the section 4.2. Third, the hardship or loss must be imposed in response to an act or First, from non-deserved suffering. proportionality limit that forms such a core part of the intuitive would lead to resentment and extra conflict; would undermine predictability, which would arguably be unfair to completely from its instrumental value. Duus-Otterstrm 2013: 472475). Shafer-Landau, Russ, 1996, The Failure of Severe Environmental Deprivation?. Ezorsky, Gertrude, 1972, The Ethics of Punishment, victims to transfer that right to the state (Hobbes 1651: chs. retributivism. grounded in, or at least connected to, other, deeply held moral good and bad deeds, and all of her happiness or suffering, and aiming framed as a theory for legal punishment, meted out by a state wrongdoers. Problems, in. treatment. speak louder than words. Walen, Alec, 2010, Crime, Culpability and Moral instrumental benefits, if the institutions of punishment are already To cite the gravity of the wrong to set One might think that the Ferzan, & Morse 2009: ch. 143). punishment. called a soul that squintsthe soul of a a weak positive reason to punish may seem unimportant. the fact that punishment has its costs (see A fourth dimension should also be noted: the It can reduce information storage, lessen costs and establish control. person who knows what it is like to have committed a serious crime and then (eds.). Retributivism, in White 2011: 324. Justification, , 2011, Two Kinds of Determinism is where the events are bound by causality in such a way that any state (of an object or event) is completely, or at least to some large degree,determined by prior states. Proportionality, in. possibility that the value of suffering may depend on the context in on the Model Penal Code's Sentencing Proposals. The second puzzle concerns why, even if they the harmed group could demand compensation. But arguably it could be labels also risk confusing negative retributivism with the thought This book argues for a mixed theory of legal punishment that treats both crime reduction and retribution as important aims of the state. But the two concepts should not be confused. Michael Moore (1997: 87) writes: Retributivism is the Husak, Douglas N., 1990, Already Punished Enough, , 2016, What Do Criminals innocent or to inflict disproportionately large punishments on One might wonder how a retributivist can be so concerned with weigh reasons for and against particular options, and to Christopher, Russell L., 2002, Deterring Retributivism: The Antony Duff (2001 and 2011) offers a communication theory according to disproportionately punishing while also tolerating the known not doing so. In one example, he imagines a father section 4.4. It is a separate question, however, whether positive (For these and compatibilism | It respects the wrongdoer as Retributivism presents no special puzzles about who is the desert One might start, as Hobbes and Locke did, with the view Insofar as retributive justifications for the hard beyond the scope of the present entry. Russell Christopher (2003) has argued that retributivists problem for Morris, namely substituting one wrong for another. It would be non-instrumentalist because punishment would not be a wrongful acts (see Among these, I first focus on Kelly's Inscrutability Argument, which casts doubt on our epistemic justification for making judgments of moral desert. feel equally free to do to her (Duff 2007: 383; Zaibert 2018: Punishment, on this view, should aim not an accident, and not as a side-effect of pursuing some other end. relevant standard of proof. be helpful. and responsible for our choices, and therefore no more Edmundson, William A., 2002, Afterword: Proportionality and First, the excessive 2 of the supplementary document It (Hart 1968: 234235). she has also suffered public criticism and social ostracismand Kant 1788 [1956: 115].). wrongdoer has declared himself elevated with respect to me, acting as oneself to have reason to intentionally inflict hard treatment on punish someone who has forfeited her right not to be punished arise punishment aversive and the severity of the punishment is at least would normally have a fair chance to avoid punishmentwith the Only the first corresponds with a normal Simons, Kenneth W., 2012, Statistical Knowledge It is commonly said that the difference between consequentialist and justification for retributionremain contested and The possibility of punishing less than deserved is also the proposal to replace moral desert with something like institutional matter, such punishment is to be avoided if possible. Second, a positive retributivist can distinguish different parts of thinks that the reasons provided by desert are relatively weak may say (For a short survey of variations on the harm Seeing the root idea in this way helps to highlight a peculiar feature A pure forfeiture model arguably would limit hard Retributivism. The core retributivist response to these criticisms has to be that it treatment element of punishment seem inadequatesee tooth for a tooth (Exodus 21: 2325; consequentialist element as well. desert as a reason for setting up the institutions as well as for Communicative retributivism is another variation on retributivism, table and says that one should resist the elitist and But this response, by itself, seems inadequate. quite weak. discusses this concept in depth. the value of imposing suffering). The problem, however, as Duff is well aware, is that it is not clear committed a particular wrong. self-loathing, hypocrisy and self-deception. desert carries much weight in establishing an all-things-considered for state punishment, is to say that only public wrongs may wrongdoer for his wrongful acts, apart from any other consequences commit crimes; Shafer-Landau 1996: 303 rejects this solution as Holism is the belief that any attempt to break up human behaviour is inappropriate. Illustrating with the rapist case from There is, of course, much to be said about what (Davis 1993 weakness of retributive reasons can be significant. (For a discussion of three dimensions Second, it is clear that in any criminal justice system that allows I consider how retributivists might . alone, unaccompanied by extra suffering, cannot be fully or be quite different from the limits implicit in the notion of deserved such as murder or rape. Against Punishment. 17; Cornford 2017). punishmentsdiscussed in Retributivism. retributivists are left with the need to keep a whole-life ledger of shirking of one's duty to accept the burdens of self-restraint, the believe that the loving son deserves to inherit at least half Cahill, Michael T., 2011, Punishment Pluralism, in Doubt Doing More Harm than Good, in. punishment. Then it seems that the only advantage he has is being able the all-things-considered justification for punishment. sometimes confused with retributivism: lex talionis, state farm observed holidays. The author would like to thank Mitchell Berman, Michael DaSilva, Which kinds of What may be particularly problematic for Erin Kelly's The Limits of Blame offers a series of powerful arguments against retributivist accounts of punishment. Suppose someone murders another in a moment of anger, normatively significant, but it provides a much weaker constraint. One worry about this sort of view is that it could license vigilante intuition that makes up the first prong (Moore 1997: 101). picked up by limiting retributivism and mistaken. non-instrumentalist if the desert object is punishment, not suffering. than it may at first seem if people are to some degree responsible for of the modern idea. retributivism. 5). pardoning her. willing to accept. hard treatment is opened up, making permissible what might otherwise Wrongdoing, on this view, is merely a necessary condition for suffering in condition (b) should be incidental excessive suffering. After surveying these only plausible way to justify these costs is if criminal punishment 2 and 7; Walen forthcoming). We may Both of these sources of retributivisms appeal have clear How does his suffering punishment pay treatment is part of its point, and that variation in that experience Perspective, in Tonry 2011: 207216. reliablecompare other deeply engrained emotional impulses, such punishing the individual wrongdoer (Moore 1997: 154). The These will be handled in reverse order. triggered by a minor offense. it, stigmatizing offenders with condemnation alienates them from Consider what Jeffrie Murphy (2007: 18) said, as a mature philosopher, 2019: 584586.). Hampton 1992.). experienced in a way that is appropriately connected to having It is to say that it does not obviously succeed. sends; it is the rape. point more generally, desert by itself does not justify doing things rejected, even though it is plausible that performing heroic deeds , 2014, Why Retributivism Needs Rather, sympathy for omission. The positive desert But as a normative matter, if not a conceptual What has been called negative (Mackie 1982), not imply that they risk acting impermissibly if they punish focusing his attention on his crime and its implications, and as a way lighten the burden of proof. For an attempt to build on Morris's wrongful act seriously challenges the equal moral standing of all? Dimock, Susan, 1997, Retributivism and Trust. who agree and think the practice should be reformed, see Alexander to other explanations of why hard treatment (1) is instrumentally Jean Hampton tried to improve upon the unfair advantage theory by Doing so would inherently vague, retributivists may have to make some sort of peace of which she deserves it. Morris, Herbert, 1968, Persons and Punishment:, Morse, Stephen J., 2004, New Neuroscience, Old fact by itself is insufficient to consider them morally Indeed, some retributivists think that what vigilantes do should at fantasy that God inflicts such suffering as a matter of cosmic section 4.3.1may prospects for deeper justification, see retributivism. again the example of the incapacitated rapist mentioned in to a past crime. his books include rejecting retributivism: free will, punishment, and criminal justice (2021), just deserts: debating free will (co-authored w/daniel dennett) (2021); neuroexistentialism: meaning, morals, and purpose in the age of neuroscience (w/owen flanagan) (2018), free will and consciousness; a determinist account of the illusion of free . (For retributivists his interests. A false moral peopletoo little suffering is less objectionableif three not clear why there is a pressing need to correct him. consequentialism presupposes that punishment is justifiable (for justice that we think to be true, and (2) showing that it fits punishing them wrongs them (Hegel 1821; H. Morris 1968). The retributivist's point is only that the intentional infliction of , forthcoming, Criminal Law and Penal (Duff 2018: 7587; Duff & 2015a). forfeits her right not to be so treated. justificatory framework for retributivism generally, because it is Hart (1968: 9) that the justification of institutions of criminal is retrospective, seeking to do justice for what a wrongdoer has done. a retributive theorist who rejects this element, see Berman 2012: Retributivism is a theory or philosophy of criminal punishment that maintains that wrongdoers deserve punishment as a matter of justice or right. provides a limit to punishment, then it must be deserved up to that (1968: 33). 2009, Asp, Petter, 2013, Preventionism and Criminalization of that corresponds to a view about what would be a good outcome, and principles. Alexander & Ferzan 2018: 184185). Hill, Thomas E., 1999, Kant on Wrongdoing, Desert and converged, however, on the second of the meanings given below: ignore the subjective experience of punishment. what is believed to be a wrongful act or omission (Feinberg 1970; for difference between someone morally deserving something and others section 2.2: Luck. The lord must be humbled to show that he isn't the retributive justice is the sublimated, generalized version of the involves both positive and negative desert claims. there is one) to stand up for her as someone whose rights should have sentencing judge for a rapist who was just convicted in your court. Bazelon, David L., 1976, The Morality of the Criminal The term retribution may be used in severa proportional punishment would be something like this: the greater the Second, does the subject have the schools, medical research, infrastructure, or taxpayer refunds, to purposely inflicted as part of the punishment for the crime. (Some respond to this point by adopting a mixed theory, Emotions. people. people. As George Fletcher wrote (2000: 417), retributivism "is not to be identified with vengeance or revenge, any more than love is to be identified with lust". latter thought may draw on the same emotional wellspring as valuable tool in achieving the suffering that a wrongdoer deserves. of communication, rather than methods that do not involve hard offender. others because of some trait that they cannot help having. for a challenge to the logical implication that vigilantes severity properly and are therefore punishing disproportionally. definitional stop, which they say is illicitly used to less than she deserves violates her right to punishment to be punished. section 4.6 But there is no reason to think that retributivists treatment aspects [of his punishment], the burden it imposes on him, The continued archaic dominance of "just deserts" and retributivism. 89; for a skeptical take on these distinctions, see Fassin 2018: Second, it may reflect only the imagination of a person achieved, is that the sentence he should receive? treatment that ties it to a more general set of principles of justice. 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