telishment.
The act or institution of punishing the innocent for the sake of providing deterrence.
Meaning & usage
The act or institution of punishing the innocent for the sake of providing deterrence.
Where this word comes from
Coined by John Rawls in his 1955 paper “Two Concepts of Rules”. Probably a portmanteau of the Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “result; end; loosely, the greater good”) and the English (pun)ishment. Compare telish.
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