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> intent is a big part of judging a wrong As well as being a bedrock principle of the law, it's also basic common sense. If I accidentally step on your toe, th
by MadeThisToReply 5y ago
> intent is a big part of judging a wrong
As well as being a bedrock principle of the law, it's also basic common sense. If I accidentally step on your toe, that's obviously different to me deliberately stamping on your toe in an intentional attempt to injure you. If you set out to deliberately injure your colleagues then this is OBVIOUSLY different from doing the same thing accidentally and should be treated differently - and anyone with a working brain can see this.
The idea that "intent doesn't matter" is preposterous. Accepting it as a premise leads to insane and preposterous conclusions that no-one believes. People who say that "intent doesn't matter" don't actually believe it.
- brabel 5y agoPeople do believe it, because thinking that intent matters makes it impossible to defend their other position: that the most important thing is how the "offense" is received. If intent matters (as you say, anyone with half a brain knows it does), then if you receive my comment as being offensive, I am still right because I didn't mean to offend you. What they want is to make sure they can tell me I'm wrong anyway because the person was offended... hence, my intention didn't matter.
- ungamed 5y agoOffending someone doesn't make your position wrong, it may make you an asshole in their eyes, but it doesn't make you wrong.
- angelzen 5y agoSpeaking of 'you stepped on my toe', that is a classic schoolyard bully line.