Abstract

I am grateful for Professor Manser's criticisms of my brief remarks on f retribution, and in particular for his concluding challenge , because they bring out the central point I was trying to make—that ‘Retribution aims at a restoration of balance by compensation’ . I interpreted ‘compensation’ widely, to include the disadvantaging a person should suffer ‘if somebody breaks the rules of a particular deal’ , in order that the proper status of the participants be restored. The injury done by Adam and Eve to God, and their punishment, come under this heading