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Define "cosmic justice" · Idealized form of justice, requires perfect knowledge

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Author's persepective · Legal system cannot and should not try to dispense cosmic justice

Because we don't have perfect knowledge.

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Explain · Why we cannot know what someone deserves

We don't have the information or intelligence needed to weigh every relevant factor.

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Author's conclusion · Should base justice on consequences, not causes

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Draw distinction · Between cosmic justice and traditional justice

Traditional justice is based on process. Inference: if cosmic justice is fundamentally different from traditional justice, then cosmic justice is not based on process.

Illustrate · How traditional justice is based on process

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Passage A doesn’t suggest the murderer shouldn’t be responsible. It does suggest that we shouldn’t take into account certain factors when we are determining the murderer’s responsibility, but that doesn’t imply the murderer shouldn’t be considered responsible.

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Passage A doesn’t suggest the judge should have wide discretion. Passage A would say that we shouldn’t try to take into account factors that contributed to the murderer’s decision to murder, but this doesn’t imply the judge should have wide discretion. Perhaps the law simply mandates a certain punishment based on the consequences, and the judge doesn’t get to deviate from that punishment. We have no reason to think Passage A would disagree with this approach.

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Passage A doesn’t suggest we should err toward a more lenient punishment. Passage A simply argues that we shouldn’t take into account things that may have caused the murderer to commit the crime. This may suggest a harsher punishment is warranted.

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Supported, because Passage A argues that we cannot understand how various inputs should affect our ultimate decision. So a judge/jury can’t understand exactly how much a murderer’s background should influence the punishment that the murderer should get.

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Passage A doesn’t suggest we should presume inputs had no effect. Rather, Passage A merely argues that we cannot determine the actual effects of various inputs.

PrepTest 128 - Section 4 - Passage 4 - Question 25

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