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Nathanson Argues That "Payback" Retributivism Is Not an Adequate Account

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Nathanson argues that "payback" retributivism is not an adequate account of moral desert because:


A) It implausibly entails that extremely barbaric crimes should be punished extremely barbarically.
B) It focuses too strongly on the actual intentions, motives, and circumstances of the criminal.
C) It entails that an individual cannot deserve the death penalty for a crime other than murder.
D) It provides a circular, question-begging justification for one's being deserving a punishment.

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