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But he's right, it is morally praiseworthy to make wrongdoers suffer. Humans have known this for millenia, we know it deep in our bones. Murderers, rapists, thi
by mvdtnz 3y ago
But he's right, it is morally praiseworthy to make wrongdoers suffer. Humans have known this for millenia, we know it deep in our bones. Murderers, rapists, thieves all deserve to suffer.
- hgsgm 3y agoHmm? If "we feel a need to do it" makes it morally praiseworthy, then mirder, rape and thievery are morally praiseworthy.
- piva00 3y agoCan't forget slavery.
- afavour 3y agoI’m not sure where I come down on the topic but I’m absolutely not convinced by “we know it deep in our bones” as reasoning. For millennia people have known the existence of God(s) deep in their bones, does that mean atheists are wrong?
- stryan 3y ago"No one is my enemy. There is no one I need to hurt."
- goatlover 3y agoProblem is that disgust can also be rationalized using that argument for bigotry and discrimination. Also, what does torturing a wrongdoer do for us? Hitler washes up on an island and you do the most heinous possible things you can imagine. What kind of person are you after that? There is the argument that making bad people suffer ruins our morality. If we're better than them, then we don't want people to inflict suffering.
- the_af 3y agoI heard/read this before, and I'm convinced by it: torturing someone does something not only to the victim, but to the torturer as well. The act of torturing someone does something bad to you, regardless of whatever other effect. The kind of person who would torture someone in cold blood is not someone I want next to me.
- kelnos 3y agoSpeak for yourself. This is not a value I hold.