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Maybe it's the wrong thing to get from this, but I'm imagining that in this scenario, in the US, one man's property is in most cases more valuable than another
by perpetualcrayon 8y ago
Maybe it's the wrong thing to get from this, but I'm imagining that in this scenario, in the US, one man's property is in most cases more valuable than another man's existence?
- maxerickson 8y agoThis is literally expressed in some state laws, search "Castle Doctrine". Stand your ground laws are also somewhat related.
- Tomte 8y agoAnd self-defense law in Germany has is much more robust than all those castle doctrine laws. Here, proportionality of response explicitly doesn‘t come into the balancing test, only erforderlich (necessary), geeignet (useful) and least forceful method that leads to guaranteed success.
- maxerickson 8y agoWhat do you mean by robust? Most US laws related to Castle doctrine pretty much allow the use of maximum force for forced entry. No evaluation of whether lethal force was necessary, no evaluation of whether less force would have sufficed.
- closeparen 8y agoThe US has negative rights rather than positive ones. Society can’t just come after your property or your existence. Society is also not required to provide you with property or existence.