 Of these three labels, negative retributivism seems the most apt, as it picks up the idea that wrongdoing negates the right the wrongdoer otherwise would have not to be punished. The alternative labels also risk confusing negative retributivism with the thought that the reasons to punish given by positive retributivism can be quite weak. Differences along that dimension should not be confused with a position that denies that guilt, by itself, provides any reason to punish.