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The retributive emotions: passions and pains of punishment (2010)
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Holroyd, J. (2010). The retributive emotions: passions and pains of punishment. Philosophical Papers, 39(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/05568641.2010.538914

It is not usually morally permissible to desire the suffering of another person, or to act so as to satisfy this desire; that is, to act with the aim of bringing about suffering. If the retributive emotions, and the retributive responses of which the... Read More about The retributive emotions: passions and pains of punishment.