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Honestly... I don't know if there are great social benefits to societal rage, but I honestly can't muster a lot of concern about the folks who want to see killers who kill for sexual gratification or money punished in the worst way
I *am* genuinely concerned by people who think neither the death penalty nor life imprisonment w/o the possibility of parole should be on the table. Even if a serial child killer *can* be "rehabilitated," exactly how much risk are the most vulnerable families expected to bear?
It never occurred to me that one day I might see blanket-case arguments against permanent incarceration, but I guess this is the fruit that intratribal signal gaming bears. "How woke am I? So woke that not even dead kids can slow *this* woke roll!"
What would you say to the idea of always letting life sentence w/o parole criminals voluntarily chose the death penalty?
I'm in favor of that
I think about @SamHarrisOrg's thought experiment - if the cure for psychopathy could be as simple as taking a pill, would it make sense to deny a criminal psychopath the pill.
And I think it follows - once the cure has been administered - how much is gained by leaving a psychologically healthy person locked up for the rest of their lives?
Even in the most convenient possible world where rehabilitation is impossible, there is still a big difference between keeping someone locked up forever to inflict suffering vs keeping them locked up forever to keep the rest of us safe from them.
Agreed that at least one should be on the table, but I think the existence of capital punishment causes us to take the decision more seriously. No one works to exonerate those with a life sentence, because it doesn't have the same gravity as execution.
Certain actions require permanent removal from your job for a well-functioning workplace. Similarly, certain actions require permanent removal from society. This is true even if you assume that nobody is responsible for their actions, and so retribution is meaningless & useless.
But the rationale behind removing them at all is to prevent them from acting that way again. Once you take that possibility off the table, what's the argument for keeping them permanently removed (from society at least - a guy can get a different job)?
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