No, it really doesn't. If you accidentally run someone over with a car, then there was definitely a failure of something, but it wasn't a moral failing. Punish

No, it really doesn't. If you accidentally run someone over with a car, then there was definitely a failure of something, but it wasn't a moral failing. Punishment should never be used when correcting the underlying problem will have a more lasting positive impact. In the car example, what do you think would be better - jailing the person who drove the car, or developing systems to prevent future such accidents?