Response to Block on Abortion , round Three Jakub
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In response, while I may concede that for the purpose of theoretical tidiness it might be desirable to keep the distinction between the ex ante principle of gentleness and the ex post principle of punitive proportionality maximally clear and unambiguous, I would have to say that I still regard them as similar with respect to their substantive, moral essence. Block justifiably qualifies the principle of gentleness with the claim that “the victim is supposed to treat the perpetrator in the ‘gentlest manner possible’ possible, alright, but only when it is fully compatible with stopping the crime!” (Block 2011, 3–4). Let me qualify it further: yes, we need not act as gently as possible if gentleness will get us nowhere with respect to stopping the crime, but this
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