Not 100% sure I grok what philh meant in the first place, but I also want to note that I didn’t mean for my example-from-fiction to precisely match what I interpreted philh to mean. It was just an easily-accessible example from thinking about the show and game theory.
I do happen to also think there are generalizable lessons from that, which apply to both punishment and pigouvian tax. But that was sort of accidental. (i.e. I quickly searched my brain for the most relevant seeming fictional example, found one that seemed relevant, and it happened to be reasonably relevant)
One could implement a monetary tax that involves shame and social stigma, which’d feel more like being punched. One could also have a culture where being punched comes with less stigma, and is a quick “take your lumps” sort of thing. There are benefits and tradeoffs to wielding shame/stigma/dominance as part of a punishment strategy. In all cases though, you’re trying to impose a cost on an action that you want to see less of.
Not 100% sure I grok what philh meant in the first place, but I also want to note that I didn’t mean for my example-from-fiction to precisely match what I interpreted philh to mean. It was just an easily-accessible example from thinking about the show and game theory.
I do happen to also think there are generalizable lessons from that, which apply to both punishment and pigouvian tax. But that was sort of accidental. (i.e. I quickly searched my brain for the most relevant seeming fictional example, found one that seemed relevant, and it happened to be reasonably relevant)
One could implement a monetary tax that involves shame and social stigma, which’d feel more like being punched. One could also have a culture where being punched comes with less stigma, and is a quick “take your lumps” sort of thing. There are benefits and tradeoffs to wielding shame/stigma/dominance as part of a punishment strategy. In all cases though, you’re trying to impose a cost on an action that you want to see less of.