Punishment is complicated. As far as I can tell, punishment only works if the person being punished sees themselves as being in the same social system as the punisher. If the person being punished doesn’t see it that way, then the “punishment” just looks like an attack.
Punishment as moral desert, and punishment as incentive lead to different results in some cases.
Punishment is complicated. As far as I can tell, punishment only works if the person being punished sees themselves as being in the same social system as the punisher. If the person being punished doesn’t see it that way, then the “punishment” just looks like an attack.