Such an approach has no place in Idle Theory, because Idle Theory is founded on the premise that human life is not perfectly idle, and that men are not free agents, but at best part-time free agents, and the primary goal of human society is the attainment, as far as possible, of perfect freedom or idleness. And since men are not perfectly free moral agents, then it is not possible to determine whether their actions have been freely chosen, or driven by necessity. In short, moral culpability depends upon idleness. Perfectly idle persons are fully morally culpable for all their actions, but completely busy persons have no moral culpability, because they can never act according to personal inclination or desire. Justice is not about judging the character of men, of attempting to ascertain whether they are malevolent or benevolent, and punishing them or rewarding them accordingly - because such judgements of character cannot be made.
Justice can only be about repairing damage, restoring lost equality, making restitution.
Thus where a thief takes someone else's tool for his own use, and is discovered, what is required is restitution, not punishment. The thief should give back what he stole, and in addition, should compensate the owner for the time he lost while he was without the tool. The thief should either return the tool, or give the owner another tool of equivalent value, or pay over money to that value, or perform work of that value. What was taken should be given back, in one way or other. What applies to theft applies to all other offences.