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One of the best arguments I came across as an undergrad was Kohlberg's stages of moral development [1]. Of his 3 stages, I've come to the conclusion that most
by tjmc 13y ago
One of the best arguments I came across as an undergrad was Kohlberg's stages of moral development [1].
Of his 3 stages, I've come to the conclusion that most people never evolve past the second stage which is basically "against the law = wrong". The point of questioning whether the law itself is unjust, or could be appropriately ignored under certain circumstances either doesn't occur to people, or bothers them more than any injustice caused.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Kohlberg's_stages_of_moral_development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Kohlberg's_stages_of_m...
- vehementi 13y agoWhat's worse is the cognitive dissonance in people who in one discussion will lament how some particular law is fucked (usually it is a law pertinent to their lifestyle that they take issue with, e.g. gun control is too restrictive, or marijuana is not legal), and in another discussion will white wash that idea and say what amounts to "you do the crime you do the time" as so many posts here sadly boil down to. So we have in these discussions - everyone individually recognizes that the legal system is fucked, the laws are fucked, the way we make laws is fucked, the judges are corrupt, the prosecutors care only about case volume, the defense attorneys are underpaid and overworked, the jury is stupid and uninformed, the press sensationalizes everything, ... and drilling into any one of these topics will reveal miscarriages of justice and tragedies of procedure, but tl;dr "bradley manning was found guilty".
- ahomescu1 13y agoOn the other hand, a lot of people are still upset that Zimmerman was found not guilty.