Punishment functions as negative redistribution to correct prior unfair gains

Evidence

In such a perspective, punishment can be seen as a negative distribution aiming at correcting an earlier unfair positive distribution. If such is the goal of punishment, it should occur also in situations where there is no cooperation to sustain but where there has been an unfair distribution to redress. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 175

Categorization

• DEFINE: Frames punishment as ‘negative distribution correcting an unfair positive distribution’ — a clean conceptual reframing.
• QUESTION: This mutualistic account of punishment as restoring fair balance could be tested against the fumi-e scenario—trampling is a negative distribution against perceived unfair moral claim, not cheating.
• XREF: connects to: Proportionate punishment mirrors distributive justice in reverse. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 90; Punishment scales with the unfairness of the wrongdoing, not with deterrence needs — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 103; Rights to the product of contribution vanish when the input itself is unfairly acquired. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 155 (+5 more)

Related

• Proportionate punishment mirrors distributive justice in reverse. (similarity 0.87)
• Punishment scales with the unfairness of the wrongdoing, not with deterrence needs (similarity 0.85)
• Rights to the product of contribution vanish when the input itself is unfairly acquired. (similarity 0.82)
• Antisocial punishment is driven by low contributors’ sense of unfair treatment. (similarity 0.79)
• Contributions carry implicit fairness judgments that trigger blame and counter-blame. (similarity 0.78)