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Imagine someone who committed an offense (maybe against you/your loved ones) so horrific you would like them dead. In this case, imagine you have the option to modify their brain to completely eliminate the horrific impulses. You: (submitted by

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still want them dead
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would change their brain
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3,417 votesFinal results

2:29 AM · Jan 14, 2022

Concerned Third Party

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They'd be dead in a philosophical sense, no?

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Partially imo. Most of them lives.

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seon in a trenchcoat

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There’s a fair argument to be made that the latter functionally IS the former

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And vice versa

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Ronny Fernandez

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Depends how apologetic they are

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In theory, the purpose of capital punishment is to serve as a deterrent to the crime in the first place. If we "change their brain" the deterrent is removed.

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This feels like a proxy for the warrior gene

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Changing brains isn’t viable. Imagine all the killers and criminals in the world who would take advantage of this were it an actual policy. “I can go on a shooting rampage for funsies and treat the world like GTA because afterward, the law will just give me a different brain.”

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In a world where meaning doesn’t exist, I would choose B. In this one, I smash A.

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I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive. I think I would hold both positions at the same time.

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