TheAncientGeek comments on Stupid Questions March 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 04 March 2015 08:28:55PM 6 points [-]

Punishment as moral desert, and punishment as incentive lead to different results in some cases.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 05 March 2015 02:13:54PM 4 points [-]

Punishment is complicated. As far as I can tell, punishment only works if the person being punished sees themselves as being in the same social system as the punisher. If the person being punished doesn't see it that way, then the "punishment" just looks like an attack.