Sure, it's instrumental but I don't think the demands it makes to break from old life are outrageous, which by your logic they should be because people have a right to continuity of life. I'd say continuity is contingent right, not absolute.
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Right, but that applies to other forms of behavior than just being a gangster. If your previous lifestyle led you do to destructive things, then you have to question a restoration that leads to resumption of that lifestyle.
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That assumes that a lifestyle or social context is neutral. But if fact they can sometimes bring out the worst in a person.
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I think it's worth reading that biography of L. Brent Bozell Jr. -- he did some awful things and his redemption came from a break in his life, from leaving politics & polemics to work with the poor & prisoners. Discontinuity can be a mercy.
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People are free to do whatever they want if they don't break the law! I just think a forgiveness that encourages them back into a social context where they did destructive things isn't very good for anyone, not least the forgiven person.
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