PrepTest 145 - Section 1 - Passage 2 - Question 11

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The following passage is adapted from an article published in 1993.

Question · How severe should punishment be for corporate crime?

E.g., crime where a corporation profits from harming consumers

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Economists' Answer · Depends solely on a cost-benefit analysis

E.g., if profits were $6 million, then a fine in excess of that would suffice

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Economists' Answer · Punishment should only affect earnings

Morality should not be a factor in determining the punishment

Critique / Major Premise · Economists' approach is impractical

Sub-premise · Cost-benefit analysis must account for estimated detection ratios

Not every crime is detected. If corporations were punished only for the crimes that are detected, they would actually be incentivized to keep committing the crime and reaping profits.

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The economists don’t believe moral judgment should ever be taken into account when determining penalties for corporate crimes.

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The author doesn’t indicate that economists believe that moral judgment is irrelevant to assessing morality. The economists believe moral judgment is irrelevant to assessing punishment.

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