[analphilosopher-announce] New post at AnalPhilosopher

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	There is a new post on AnalPhilosopher.  You can read it at:

http://www.analphilosopher.com/posts/1139432009.shtml

It begins:

	In brief, our moral consciousness suggests that
	punishment, to be just, must be merited by the
	committing of an offence. It follows from this that
	punishment, to be justly administered, must involve
	care in determining whether the offending person is
	really a responsible agent. And it implies that the
	punishment must not be excessive. It must not
	exceed what is appropriate to the crime. We must
	always be able to say of the person punished that
	he deserved to be punished as he was punished. It
	is not enough to say that good results were
	achieved by punishing him. It is...