telishment

== English == === Etymology === Coined by John Rawls in his 1955 paper “Two Concepts of Rules”. Probably a portmanteau of the Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “result; end; loosely, the greater good”) and the English (pun)ishment. Compare telish. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛlɪʃmənt/ === Noun === telishment (usually uncountable, plural telishments) (consequentialism) The act or institution of punishing the innocent for the sake of providing deterrence. === Further reading === telishment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia