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Gossip rags come and go. As long as there are celebrities there will be celebrity tabloids. Privately funding a lawsuit for someone else so you can settle a gr
by rm_-rf_slash 10y ago
Gossip rags come and go. As long as there are celebrities there will be celebrity tabloids.
Privately funding a lawsuit for someone else so you can settle a grudge is ethically dubious, at best.
The American system of allowing juries instead of judges to set reward amounts only ultimately benefits overpaid lawyers, and society as a whole is worse off from the damages of frivolous lawsuits.
That's all I think there really is to say about that...
- ryanlol 10y ago>Privately funding a lawsuit for someone else so you can settle a grudge is ethically dubious, at best. Do you feel that revenge in general is ethically dubious or just the lawsuit part?
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoThe justice system in any democracy should be a level playing field in the eyes of the law, not a pay-to-play free for all.
- dragontamer 10y agoThe jury is the closest thing to a direct democracy America has. Judges can be corrupted. The jury is basically a direct poll of 12 average Americans. Its known that the court system is imperfect, but juries serve as a restraint on otherwise powerful judges.
- etimberg 10y ago> The jury is basically a direct poll of 12 average Americans Well, except for the part where the lawyers get to remove the people they don't want. It's not really random at that point.
- dragontamer 10y agoI meant that the Americans were Average Joes. Not that the jury selection process was representative of America.
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoI love the jury system as a means for establishing guilt, but less for determining punishment or damages.
- ryanlol 10y agoBut where does the ethical issue arise?
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoIf you have the power to corrupt the justice system or even tip the balance - just because of the money you have - would you? There's your ethics problem.
- ryanlol 10y agoDid Thiel corrupt the justice system? Did he tip the balance the wrong way? Would it have been "right" for Hulk Hogan to have to take on the significantly more wealthy Gawker all by himself? In the end though, I feel that this really has very little to do with the justice system. It was only a vehicle Thiel used, he didn't need the justice system to ruin Gawker.