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Would you give up every single thing you have? If that wasn't enough, would you really let them go free? If that's your absolutist moral position, then I think
by s1artibartfast 2y ago
Would you give up every single thing you have? If that wasn't enough, would you really let them go free?
If that's your absolutist moral position, then I think that is consistent with what you said.
I don't think most people would agree. I think that tolerable costs are finite.
The cost to ensure a reasonable amount of safety may in fact be tolerable, but that is a separate position from the absolutist one.
I'm pretty skeptical that someone would sacrifice their entire wealth to de-risk prisons, and I'm naturally skeptical that they would sacrifice the lives of their children before they put a prisoner in a risky position. This is what your rhetorical claims boil down to.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoMy rhetorical claims are that we have the necessary wealth to ensure the safety of those we choose to incarcerate. That is objectively true, based on all available evidence, even if you disagree.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoI don't disagree with that at all. I thought I was pretty clear that I was taking issue with the absolutist ultimatum: >If you can’t afford to do it, you can’t afford to incarcerate. That is an entirely different position than saying we can easily afford it and should.