Blame just is an aspect of our already-existing, inborn deterrent system. Saying we shouldn’t blame and instead deter, is like saying we shouldn’t deter and instead deter.
I suppose he wanted to say that we should make deterrence our ultimate goal and use blame instrumentally, instead of having blame as our terminal value with deterrence being only a consequence thereof, which is the way it basically works now.
I suppose he wanted to say that we should make deterrence our ultimate goal and use blame instrumentally, instead of having blame as our terminal value with deterrence being only a consequence thereof, which is the way it basically works now.