Telishment Definition
noun
(consequentialism, uncountable) The practice or institution of punishing the innocent for the sake of providing deterrence.
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(consequentialism, countable) An instance of telishing.
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Noun
Singular:
telishment
Plural:
telishmentsOrigin of Telishment
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Coined by John Rawls in his 1955 paper “Two Concepts of Rules”. Probably a portmanteau of the Ancient Greek τέλος (telos, “result”, “end”, loosely “the greater good”) and the English (pun)ishment. Compare telish.
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