#11 -

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (C).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E):

This explanation is still in progress. Please post any questions below!

[ashleytanzer]

Hi,
Can someone explain this question and answer please?

[Dana D]

Hey Ashley,

The answer to this question can be found right at the beginning of the last paragraph - the author states that "our intuition of the injustice of an overly harsh punishment is based on our
sense that such a punishment is more harmful to the criminal than beneficial to society."

In other words, we believe harmful to criminal > benefit to society

Or, put another way, benefit to society < harm to criminal, which is exactly what answer choice (C) says.

Hope that helps!