I'm not convinced one should still be fully accountable for crimes gotten away with many years in the past. #TweetYourUnpopularOpinion
@SIN_Notung I'm not convinced the person being held accountable in the present is the same person at all... #personalidentity
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@PhilosophyExp yes exactly. I think back to when I was say 18 and imagine myself getting away with a crime but only being punished now. -
@PhilosophyExp I feel so different now that it would feel really unjust. Almost like being wrongly accused. -
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@SIN_Notung Indeed. This is a quick thought experiment I wrote for one of my books.pic.twitter.com/HMltwDqLt9
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@PhilosophyExp That doesn't seem particularly problematic for an utilitarian. The law increases utility functioning as deterrent. That's it. -
@AlfredTarski I don't hold with utilitarian justifications of punishment: http://bit.ly/euACcU -
@PhilosophyExp Also, you at tn+m receive the beneficial consequences of what you did at tn, why not the negative consequences? -
@AlfredTarski That question begs the question. My claim is that you didn't do it at tn - somebody else did it. -
@PhilosophyExp I didn't mean to beg the question, I couldn't formulate it properly with twitter character limits. - 6 more replies
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