So long as it doesn’t increase the number of people committing crimes once to gain access to cushy luxurious rehabilitation programs, sure!
In my personal life, I do notice a tendency that when I do categorize people as being “morally wrong”, this is more normally associated with wanting them to become morally right than wanting them punished for being morally wrong. The latter seems just one (probably ineffective) way to achieve the former. I don’t seem to see this tendency in many other people around me, so I suspect I’m in a minority.
I don’t think this relies on any particular position in the free will discussion though. I’ve seen some people “punish” objects for adversely affecting them by yelling or striking at them, and certainly not for reasons of the object having free will. It seems more of an innate urge than any philosophical belief.
So long as it doesn’t increase the number of people committing crimes once to gain access to cushy luxurious rehabilitation programs, sure!
In my personal life, I do notice a tendency that when I do categorize people as being “morally wrong”, this is more normally associated with wanting them to become morally right than wanting them punished for being morally wrong. The latter seems just one (probably ineffective) way to achieve the former. I don’t seem to see this tendency in many other people around me, so I suspect I’m in a minority.
I don’t think this relies on any particular position in the free will discussion though. I’ve seen some people “punish” objects for adversely affecting them by yelling or striking at them, and certainly not for reasons of the object having free will. It seems more of an innate urge than any philosophical belief.