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Punitive intent
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Punitive intent

Nathan Hanna
Philosophical studies, v 179(2), pp 655-669
01 Feb 2022

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Arts & Humanities Philosophy
Most punishment theorists seem to accept the following claim: punishment is intended to harm the punishee. A significant minority of punishment theorists reject the claim, though. I defend the claim from objections, focusing mostly on recent objections that haven't gotten much attention. My objective is to reinforce the already strong case for the intentions claim. I first clarify what advocates of the intentions claim mean by it and state the standard argument for it. Then I critically discuss a wide variety of objections to the claim and to the standard argument for it.

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