Han Fei (-279–-232 BC) Chinese philosopher
"The Way of the Ruler", in Han Feizi: Basic Writings (2003)
“The aim of the law is not to punish sins, but is to prevent certain external results.”
Commonwealth v. Kennedy, 170 Mass. 18, 20 (1897) (opinion of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts).
1890s
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Context: The soul sins therefore because, while aiming at good, it makes mistakes about the good, because it is not primary essence. And we see many things done by the Gods to prevent it from making mistakes and to heal it when it has made them. Arts and sciences, curses and prayers, sacrifices and initiations, laws and constitutions, judgments and punishments, all came into existence for the sake of preventing souls from sinning; and when they are gone forth from the body, Gods and spirits of purification cleanse them of their sins.
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Notes on the General Principles of Employment for the Destitute and Criminal Classes (1868).
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Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 456.