Discuss whether punishment as a deterrent is even possible if people act without considering the consequences of their actions and/or without the ability to reasonably choose alternate paths.

Here are the background materials recommended for this Db:

Read Chapter 2, especially pp. 18-20 on “Deterrence.”
Download and read Crump, D. (2018). Deterrence. St. Mary’s Law Journal, 49(2), 317–361.
Any relevant material you may find from other classes and/or reliable sources.
Post your comments (100-250 words by 11:59pm ET on Thursday) on one of the three/four key requirements of an effective deterrence system (both specific and general): certainty, severity, and swiftness. Some would add publicity as a fourth requirement. Assume that humans mostly have free will and behave in a rational manner after calculating the consequences of their action. With support from the background materials, comment on how the key requirement you have selected can reasonably be achieved in contemporary society and what problems might arise when implementing that requirement as society tries to make punishment an effective deterrent. As space allows, in your own post or in your reply to another post, comment on the possibility that humans aren’t rationally calculating and/or have only bounded rationality or restricted free will? Discuss whether punishment as a deterrent is even possible if people act without considering the consequences of their actions and/or without the ability to reasonably choose alternate paths.