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The full quote: > Although McLeod enjoys his job, he knows it’s one that’s frowned upon by many. “A lot of people see that a homeless person got arrested for s
by elicash 4y ago
The full quote:
> Although McLeod enjoys his job, he knows it’s one that’s frowned upon by many. “A lot of people see that a homeless person got arrested for stealing a candy bar. They’re hungry, right?” he says. “A lot of people are like, ‘How, morally, can you do this job?’”
I still think this is a perfectly moral (and important!) job. And it's the role of our justice system to define what punishments should be when folks are caught. But the context of the quote does change when you see he was talking about a situation where a homeless person takes a single candy bar. The "man steals a loaf of bread to feed his starving family" thing is a pretty classic ethical dilemma.
- josephcsible 4y ago> The "man steals a loaf of bread to feed his starving family" thing is a pretty classic ethical dilemma. But that's also an insignificant fraction of shoplifting cases. Changing our overall policy based on it would be like legalizing running red lights because once in a while people are rushing someone to the hospital.
- elicash 4y agoIt's related to 100% of the quotes I was responding to, however.
- Nasrudith 4y agoIt is also solved in theory via neccesity defense although not universal in practice. The real world is full of wrinkles.