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You might want to take into account that severe punishment for car accidents is the exception, reserved to the most egregious cases. You are unlikely to get jus
by emiliobumachar 8y ago
You might want to take into account that severe punishment for car accidents is the exception, reserved to the most egregious cases. You are unlikely to get justice when a human driver kills, unless they are drunk or try to flee.
As for the hypothetical, I would definitely take the senseless, unpunished death of one close family member over the properly punished deaths of 37 close family members. But I agree that less extreme numbers could put me in doubt.
- diydsp 8y agodefinitely a fascinating insight, thank you. it is worth thinking more deeply about how insurance mediates justice. Having personally been in an accident a while back, I feel a sense of justice from the person who struck my car, at least with respect to the finding of their fault via police investigation. I wonder how that changes if there were no driver responsible. My sense of justice in this case arises from my belief that the other driver has confronted their mistake to a sufficient degree that it will improve their behavior to the standard I approve. I believe with a corporation's software having caused damage, I would have little confidence that the damage they had inflicted would confront the corporation in such a way that it would improve its behavior. (Obvious anecdata from an emotionally-biased POV, but still worth it just to practice thinking about it!)