3 ms·
He was negligent with a dangerous technology. The device is illegal to operate and sell, for obvious pro-society reasons. Ignorance of the law is no excuse, bec
by humanistbot 5y ago
He was negligent with a dangerous technology. The device is illegal to operate and sell, for obvious pro-society reasons. Ignorance of the law is no excuse, because then anyone can feign ignorance, making all laws contingent on one's ability to pass as ignorant. Or the laws become contingent on how likely prosecutors, judges, and juries are willing to extend the benefit of the doubt to the defendant, and people have all kinds of conscious and unconscious biases about who "seems trustworthy."
- Spivak 5y ago> making all laws contingent on one's ability to pass as ignorant Courts already have to evaluate mens rea and judges who make sentencing decisions take ignorance into account. > likely prosecutors, judges, and juries are willing to extend the benefit of the doubt to the defendant This is already how the law works.
- humanistbot 5y ago> This is already how the law works. You say that like it is a good thing.