and it's the unethical( at best) that deliberately seek to invoke and access the unresolved trauma in others to harness and redirect upon a chosen target as i believe we are seeing currently
The presumption of innocence is truly a miracle of ethical realization. It's not easy for individuals even to apply it to themselves.https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1042182142816481281 …
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Like when you're getting followed by a cop car, and feel guilty even though you did nothing wrong?
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Because it’s not meant to be used in all situations. It’s main purpose is to protect individuals from government power.
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It's not hard at all to imagine a primitive human culture where retribution is a moral duty.
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We're seeing now how hard it is for the never-Kavanaugh crowd to presume innocence. Instinctive tribalism absolutely trumps such high-minded approaches to criminal justice.
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yea but even in England it is not real for ordinary people anymore, the way traffic tickets work for instance forces people to admit guilt and often lose their licence and therefore job.
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+1 + Blackstone's ratio. A tolerance for unpunished guilt is essential to a healthy ethics.
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