#15 — Michael Sandel | The Tyranny of Merit
Within Reason
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The Importance of Merit in Criminal Punishment
There are, of course, various reasons for criminal punishment. But we need to work out morally reflect on whether answering the consumer preference answers something worthwhile in the case of the economy. If what counted as a crime was not a matter of arbitrary taste, like the desire to play a slot machine, then there may still be a role for retributive justice but only once we work out what fundamental human goods need to be protected by the criminal law.
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