Not long ago, "murderers and child rapists should have to live with what they've done" was considered a perfectly reasonable defense of an abolitionist position on the death penalty. It's interesting to notice the new pushback against "maximum punishment" for even the worst crime https://twitter.com/Vanessa_ABee/status/1218019316454563840 …
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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!"
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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?
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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.
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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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What would you say to the idea of always letting life sentence w/o parole criminals voluntarily chose the death penalty?
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I'm in favor of that
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