Identify the Main Point or Issue in the Following Passage

question 49

Essay

Identify the main point or issue in the following passage, and decide whether the rest of the passage offers reasons for the main point (such as, whether the passage contains an argument), whether it illustrates (provides examples for) the main point, whether it explains the point, is irrelevant to the point, and so on.
"It is usual for the law to prescribe a lesser penalty for the attempt than for the completed crime. The reason is plain enough. Doing harm is a more serious matter than simply doing what might have ended up as that but didn't. It seems, therefore, that one who does harm does something that is more wrong than one who does something harmful but with no one harmed."
-H. Gross, A Theory of Justice

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Definitions:

Voluntarily Retire

Choosing to withdraw from one's occupation or profession before the mandatory or expected age, often for personal, health, or lifestyle reasons.

Senility

An outdated term referring to the decline in mental function associated with aging, often related to conditions such as dementia.

Age Prejudice

Discrimination against individuals or groups based on their age, often manifesting as bias towards the young or elderly.

Primordial Discrimination

A form of discrimination that is believed to stem from early human tendencies to favor one's own group over others, often manifesting as innate or instinctive biases.