In support of the rage of man

[bennyboy]

I don't agree that 2 fails in hard determinism.

That's right. (1) fails in hard determinism, because it's incompatible with the idea of free will. Moralism very much depends on a Biblical view of free will, in my opinion. I'd also say that demonization of behaviors is essentially Biblical as well-- we have discovered Evil to be present in a person, and feel justified in burning them at the proverbial stake.

(2) Isn't really a moral view-- it's more like Pavlov or Skinner: the idea that people can be conditioned to change their behavior, and that the point of punishment is to develop an aversion to damaging rage or other criminal states. Given the rates of recidivism, I don't think that prison in particular is an effective response to rage. You'd probably have better luck with an electroshock collar that zapped someone whenever their blood pressure and heart rate spiked.