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If (according to some) a woman wearing revealing clothes deserves to be raped, and (to most, hopefully) a drunk driver deserves imprisonment and paying any vict
by vacuity 2y ago
If (according to some) a woman wearing revealing clothes deserves to be raped, and (to most, hopefully) a drunk driver deserves imprisonment and paying any victims, what does someone who has knowingly and intentionally participated in a scheme leading to the deaths of thousands and suffering of millions for personal profit deserve?
I myself don't agree to the death penalty or any killing if it doesn't serve to thwart an immediate and severe danger. We shall take it as a given that this killing doesn't fall under the latter, or perhaps even a somewhat more generous definition. But at the same time, it would be infeasible to have the CEO "brought to justice". To have him sentenced in court, his assets paid out, and the company reformed. Between nothing at all happening (except protests) and the CEO being killed, which is the better choice? If, all else being equal, you could choose one world or the other, which choice is better?
- wat10000 2y agoPointless question. If you do nothing at all for long enough, then people will eventually decide that the system isn’t getting it done and will start taking matters into their own hands. You can’t choose between doing nothing and violence. Doing nothing begets violence.