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An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
Chapter I: Limitations of the Doctrine of Punishment Which Result from the Principles of Morality
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Definition of punishment.—Nature of crime.—Retributive justice not independent and absolute—not to be vindicated from the system of nature.—Desert a chimerical property.—Conclusion .
The subject of punishment is perhaps the most fundamental in the science of politics. Men associated for the sake of mutual protection...