Nathanson argues that an adequate system of punishment could never be designed purely on the basis of "an eye for an eye" principles because:
A) There is no objective way to rank the severity of different types of criminal activity.
B) They focus too strongly on the motivations and underlying intentions of the criminal.
C) They offer no plausible guidance on how to punish many types of criminal activity.
D) They wrongly focus on the contexts of particular crimes, rather than on types of crime.

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Nathanson argues that a system based purely on "an eye for an eye" principles would be inadequate because it fails to provide clear guidance for punishing many types of crimes, especially those that do not involve direct physical harm or have a direct equivalent form of punishment.

Nathanson Argues That an Adequate System of Punishment Could Never