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The Question of Punishment

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The question of punishment: what entitles the state to do deliberately — confine, deprive, condemn — what would be wrong done to anyone else?

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Lock a neighbor in your basement for his theft and you are the criminal. The state's different verdict needs a reason, not a habit.