RE: Prison as punishment
November 8, 2016 at 2:54 pm
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2016 at 2:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 8, 2016 at 2:43 pm)mlmooney89 Wrote: They killed someone, yes it was an accident but they knew that texting and driving a multi ton killing machine is dangerous. They made the decision that their text was more important than another life. It is no different than drinkin and driving. You kill a person and get community service and a fine?! How will that deter people from texting and driving? If people are texting and driving they already care about their own lives more than others. The idea of decades in jail is what deters people from doing illegal things, not picking up trash on the side of the road.-That's the deterrence motivation...sure...but..they also knew that they'd go to jail for texting and driving if they hit someone....and they still did it.
So, is it an effective deterrent, after all?
Theres the notion in that, implied but not directly expressed...that it's the rules and punishments that deter us from some x. Let me ask you, are the rules and punishments the reason that you don't murder...or is it simpler than that? Like, maybe, you don't want to? Conversely, if you did want to, would the existence of the rules and punishments stop you? If the rules could be removed or lessened from you...say you were placed in an active conflict zone and handed an assault rifle, would you? In a nutshell, are you a killer, and if so, always or only sometimes? If not....never? We're strange creatures.
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