alt Hacker NewsIt's not saying "Go and blind someone because it will be fun."
It's still an implementation of justice, and relies on a bedrock conception of justice as moral goal.
We don't agree with the implementation, but we still share the goal in the abstract.
It's not saying "Go and blind someone because it will be fun."
It's still an implementation of justice, and relies on a bedrock conception of justice as moral goal.
We don't agree with the implementation, but we still share the goal in the abstract.
The law isn't and never has been a moral benchmark. At best, a law reflects social consensus at the time of its enactment, but even that's not a given.
And proportionality matters. Community service and counseling, loss of time (imprisonment), and loss of a hand have all been used to punish theft. Which is correct? Which is the more moral, because it doesn't seem to me that they're the same?