The punishment of the guilty must, on this view,be justifiable only because it appears to be the most available means by which to inculcate that belief—and not because there is anything especially fitting about punishing the guilty.
基于这种观点,惩罚罪人应该是正当的,仅仅因为它是包含这种信念的最具有可行性的方法,而不是其他任何特别的适合惩罚罪人的原因。