We already kinda do this, old people get let out of prison if they're ill, etc. I don't really think my example is terrible, I think it depends on what you thi

We already kinda do this, old people get let out of prison if they're ill, etc. I don't really think my example is terrible, I think it depends on what you think of as "equal". If the idea is to disincentivize an action, it needs to have a similar amount of pain to all people, presumably.