The Nature of Punishment Revisited: Reply to Wringe

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 23 (1):89-100 (2020)
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This paper continues a debate about the following claim: an agent punishes someone only if she aims to harm him. In a series of papers, Bill Wringe argues that this claim is false, I criticize his arguments, and he replies. Here, I argue that his reply fails.

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