Kendall Moore
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Christopher New:
I concur with you on the concept of Pre-punishment but I did have one major question for you on it. Should pre-punishment be used in all crimes or should the punishment fit the crime?
Christopher New
Thank you for your question. First let met stress that I was arguing only that a retributive theory of punishment does not exclude pre-punishment, not that it should be used for all crimes (which is impossible since for most crimes we have no way of knowing they will be committed).
As to the question whether the punishment should fit the crime, we have to ask what 'fit the crime' means. Normally, I think,we would understand that phrase to mean that the greater the crime, the greater the penalty should be. But that's a view that one can hold whether or not one accepts my argument about pre-punishment. So the two questions aren't related.
As to the question whether the punishment should fit the crime, we have to ask what 'fit the crime' means. Normally, I think,we would understand that phrase to mean that the greater the crime, the greater the penalty should be. But that's a view that one can hold whether or not one accepts my argument about pre-punishment. So the two questions aren't related.
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