Jeremy Stangroom

The idea that the severity of a crime, or the culpability of an offender, are determined solely by the victim's experience is nonsense.

@PhilosophyExp Determined, no. But it certainly is a factor.

@Humanisticus Hmmm.

@PhilosophyExp In a society that prioritises rehabilitation the answer should be no, in one that prioritises punishment the answer is yes.

@Humanisticus That response begs the question (which has to do with the justifications of the particular approach taken).

@PhilosophyExp @Humanisticus I take "bad" to mean, roughly, "having such inherent properties as tend to militate against our desires".