A Discourse on the Questions of Moral Responsibility-Punishment Nexus: An Examination

Resumen

This article examines the concept of punishment as one of the possible effects of the idea of moral responsibility. The concept of moral responsibility is the idea that a person should be praised for what they do right and rewarded accordingly, and that a person should be blamed for what they do wrong and punished accordingly. It is predicated on the concepts of personhood, moral agency, moral problems, moral beliefs, moral judgments, punishment, and rewards. The penalty meted out to an offender for the offense or crimes they have committed is known as punishment. The reasons in favor of punishment are examined in this research. It calls into question the underlying premise of the defense. According to the analysis, only moral responsibility may justify punishment. It makes the case that not all people have moral responsibility and that those who lack the capacity for free ought to be exempt from punishment.