funishment

funishment

English

Etymology

Blend of fun +‎ punishment

Noun

funishment (uncountable)

1. (ethics) A proposed treatment of criminals that would take them out of wider society (like a traditional prison) but without aiming to punish them.
   • 2013, Gregg D. Caruso, Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility (page 107)

     I cannot elaborate in full detail here on the way things would unfold, but the crux is that hard determinism is seen to collapse upon itself: institutions of “funishment” will lose their ability to deter, and prove self-defeating.

   • 2014, Derk Pereboom, Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in Life (page 172)

     Funishment would resemble punishment in that criminals would be incarcerated apart from lawful society; and institutions of funishment would also need to be as secure as current prisons, to prevent criminals from escaping.