(October 14, 2015 at 11:45 pm)Nestor Wrote: Yeah, we would still try to rehabilitate people and keep those who pose an imminent threat away from society, but it would make no sense to moralize, to say to the convicted murderer or rapist: "You had the genuine possibility of doing otherwise but you choose not to," which, if such in fact is not the case, seems repugnant to my conception of human dignity.
Which is why I would personally not even consider making such statements to such people. It's not true, and it's not even productive to say. But dangerous people are dangerous, and as someone who wants his loved ones to be as safe from harm as they can be, and knowing most people in this world feel the same way, it would certainly be very productive to do whatever it takes to keep predators away from our loved ones and ourselves, regardless of free will or not.
