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Loose Papers
The popular sanction when enlightened by Deontological Principle corrects
the aberrations of individual judgment & takes the wrong
Punishment End Vengeance false
doer out of those regions where the interests & passions of the sufferer
make vengeance – not justice – the grounds of his award. Vengeance cannot be
allowed to be the end of punishment, for If vengeance be the end, the resentment of the person whose
vengeance it is must be the measure – there is no other. But the
resentment of any man against an act mischievous to society is sometimes
greater, sometimes less than in proportion to that mischievousness. It will
sometimes be bestowed on acts not mischievous. It is different in
different men – it is different in the same man – nor in either case, otherwise
than from the principle of utility can any rules be laid down or expedients
devised to bring it to an equality a level.
At one time greater punishment will be inflicted than is necessary
for the prevention determent of the crime offender: so that a portion of happiness will be destroyed
in waste. At another time, not so much punishment will be inflicted
as is necessary for that purpose. so that the punishment will be inflicted
and the mischief still continue.
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