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What is a "mugger"? Does someone who has ever committed a mugging carry that label with them for the rest of their life? If the mugging was committed on a seria

• gruez 2y ago
  >What is a "mugger"? Someone who uses threat of violence (real or otherwise), to steal from people. >Does someone who has ever committed a mugging carry that label with them for the rest of their life? Easily sidestepped by claiming that they're bad people in the moment, or for that action. You can still call an law-abiding citizen that volunteers in his community and donates to charity a "bad person", if one day he goes rogue and punches someone in a fit of range, for instance. > If the mugging was committed on a serial killer, is it still morally indefensible in your view? Yes, because such actions are extrajudicial (how do you know the victim was actually a serial killer?), and sets a dangerous precedent (how soon until people are mugging each other for being Trump/Kamala supporters?).
  • lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago
    > You can still call an law-abiding citizen that volunteers in his community and donates to charity a "bad person", if one day he goes rogue and punches someone in a fit of range, for instance. Sure, but is that universally true? Would someone be necessarily wrong if they still said that the puncher is not a bad person and was not a bad person in that moment?
    • gruez 2y ago
      Yes. I've given reasons why punching people are bad in general. Unless you can give a counterargument why it wouldn't be bad, I think it's fair to conclude "punching someone in a fit of rage is universally bad". This isn't math where you have to prove the non-existence of something to prove something is a universal truth.