Family punishment of the sort he lays out in the article, i.e. mafia underworld tactics are disregarded not because of the effects but because of the intent of the parties involved.
There's a non strawman version of this practiced in most cultures across the world, familial shame. Averting shame from your family and inflicting shame on relatives is an important social function in many cultures. Western cultures have a unique aversion to it due to unusual levels of individualism, but it's not a challenge for consequentialism in general. It does indeed work, and it is widely practiced.
There's a non strawman version of this practiced in most cultures across the world, familial shame. Averting shame from your family and inflicting shame on relatives is an important social function in many cultures. Western cultures have a unique aversion to it due to unusual levels of individualism, but it's not a challenge for consequentialism in general. It does indeed work, and it is widely practiced.