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at what point is the punishment worse than the crime, such as if hundreds or thousands of people lose their job?
by annexrichmond 4y ago
at what point is the punishment worse than the crime, such as if hundreds or thousands of people lose their job?
- ipaddr 4y agoAmount of people employed should not factor in to decisions like this. Otherwise the government should prevent Amazon from laying off 20,000 if that's all that matters.
- pessimizer 4y agoThis is dumb. If Hertz closes down, other car rental companies will take up the demand, and Hertz employees will apply for jobs at those companies. edit: and if people aren't punished at Hertz, those other car rental companies will see that the money to be made through bad behavior more than makes up for the costs if caught.
- infamouscow 4y agoConsequentialist arguments aren't very good for punishing actors for bad behavior. For example, we don't let murders free just because the lives of their children are forever impacted if the murder goes to prison.
- annexrichmond 4y agois it not an argument against capital punishment?