If someone shot 6 times into a crowd killing no-one, same sentence as someone who'd done same & killed 6 ppl?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @ScottTalling
Ah, ok. I think I got it. Still not sure tho. I don't like the idea of punishing for something that didn't happen.
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Replying to @SlagOffTwits @HPluckrose
What if 6 for 6 was a trained marksman, and 0 for 6 had never fired a gun before? Seems worthy of consideration.
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Replying to @SlagOffTwits @ScottTalling
Imagine for thought experiment to consider ethics that all apart from bodycount is equal.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I still don't see that punishment for something that might have happened makes sense. If I push someone away...
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Replying to @SlagOffTwits @HPluckrose
and they fall, crack skull and die, is this punished same as if they fall on couch? Same intent, to get away.
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Replying to @SlagOffTwits @HPluckrose
Yet both could be considered assault by using physical force.
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Replying to @SlagOffTwits @ScottTalling
Yes, if you were just trying to get away, I don't think fact that consequences differ shld determine sentence.
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If you punch someone in anger & they a) crack head & die or b) land softly & have a sore nose, diff penalties?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
That's a better example. Instinctively I want to say outcome matters, death deserves stiffer penalty.
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Me too. Justice demands appropriate 'payment' for what you have taken from someone else. But is that reasonable?
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