2.2. You Did It

Though we renounce the illusion of free will, this does not include renouncing culpability for wrongdoings. For when a wrong is committed, it is still us who brought it to fruition, even when we are unavoidably forced into that action by all of history’s previous causes.

In this Causalistic framework, all of the consequential moral justifications for punishment still apply. Punishment is due to the instrument of the wrong and serves as an example (a deterring cause) dissuading others from similar activity.