Two apparent paradoxes about justice and the severity of punishment

Southern Journal of Philosophy 30 (3):123-128 (1992)
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The idea of Mitigation incorporates the conviction that though the amount or severity of punishment is primarily to be determined by reference to the General Aim, yet Justice requires that those who have special difficulties to face in keeping the law which they have broken should be punished less.

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10.1111/j.2041-6962.1992.tb00641.x

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Saul Smilansky
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