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"Don't want to be" assumes free will, which I reject. "Can't" is still no justification for revenge. Even if we assume that the "can't" is absolute, re-sociali
by nils-m-holm 8y ago
"Don't want to be" assumes free will, which I reject.
"Can't" is still no justification for revenge. Even if we assume that the "can't" is absolute, re-socialization should be attempted for the rest of the life of the individual. See it as an analogy to medicine: we don't say, "this guy cannot be helped, so we'll just let him die."
- anotheryou 8y agoExactly, locking someone away might be unjust to this person, but can be necessary for the greater good of protecting the society. The conclusion should be to lock such persons away in a reasonably humane way¹ (and not to sentence him/her to death). ¹ something in this direction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halden_Prison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halden_Prison