Large societies delegate moral punishment to specialized paid institutions.

Evidence

Punishment proper is much more important in large societies (Black 2000), but it is carried through specialized institutions that reward people for the job of punishing (via gratification or policing; Ostrom 1990). — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 215

Categorization

• XREF: Directly serves the reading frame — in the novel, the Japanese state’s fumi-e ritual is exactly this kind of specialized institutionalized punishment apparatus in a large society. — connects to: Punishment’s meaning is fashioned through institutional symbiotic relationships — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 283; Sustained commitment usually depends on external social institutions for enforcement.; Social control includes winning consent, not just coercive punishment (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Sustained commitment usually depends on external social institutions for enforcement. #corroborates (0.85)
• Punishment’s meaning is fashioned through institutional symbiotic relationships #expands (0.80) — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 283
• Social control includes winning consent, not just coercive punishment #qualifies (0.75)