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Remember, Lessig's point was that Aaron SHOULD have been punished but that the sentence was disproportionate. And we can rise above our prejudices and instinct
by sociotech 14y ago
Remember, Lessig's point was that Aaron SHOULD have been punished but that the sentence was disproportionate.
And we can rise above our prejudices and instinctive "identifications." I don't accept that we have to follow our instinctive "psychology" (which is quite more nuanced than you are suggesting) instead of something more logical.
- zaidf 14y agoPunishment could be being banned from the MIT network in future. Punishment could be banned from computer use for x days. Punishment could be a severe monetary punishment.
- nostrademons 14y agoRising above our prejudices and instinctive "identifications" would be acknowledging that maybe there's something wrong with the drug laws that incarcerate 1 in 3 poor black men. Not denying that there's also something wrong with threatening 35 years in prison for downloading publicly-funded research papers. In other words, don't invalidate one injustice simply because we can't fix all injustices.