Blame Without Punishment for Addicts

On the moral model of addiction, addicts are morally responsible and blameworthy for their addictive behaviours. The is sometimes resisted on grounds that blaming incompatible with treating addiction in a compassionate non-punitive way. I argue consistent addressing compassionately non-punitively better accounts both role addicts’ agency recovery process. If an addict behaviours, behaviour some way bad or wrong, then blameworthy. not, they not. But, if which contributes to perpetuates condition not issue concern. Addicts blameworthy, but attributions blame need be followed by harsh treatment punishment. Because punishment can separated, there no good reason reject addiction.