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Just because cruel and unusual punishment would be an efficient-in-some-regards way to approach punishment doesn’t mean it’s a humane approach. Humane is top p
by mock-possum 2y ago
Just because cruel and unusual punishment would be an efficient-in-some-regards way to approach punishment doesn’t mean it’s a humane approach.
Humane is top priority. Punishments should be commensurate to the crime committed - with under-punishment always preferable to over-punishment.
- sershe 2y agoWhy is humane "under-punishment always preferable to over-punishment" top priority? You can construct a mathematically absurd example - e.g. if we under-punish a psychopathic attempted murderer and he gets an opportunity to actually murder, we've done strictly more harm than if we over-punish an execute him. But even in regular case, why should we be humane to someone who refuses to be humane to others? I don't get this logic at all.