RE: Moral justification for the execution of criminals of war?
August 11, 2022 at 6:04 pm
(This post was last modified: August 11, 2022 at 6:11 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
“The US” is no longer a monolithic society, if it ever were. If you went further back than today you’d probably find even more support or acceptance of death penalties than you would today. Social contracts aren’t static, like laws and institutions tend to be. They change as the people themselves change.
Your comments on the loudest voices is another deontological assertion. The idea that what’s right or wrong is sent down to we lowly individuals by the few on cultural high. That’s certainly the goal of oligarchic and authoritarian regimes, but not the social contract.
It really is easy to remember. The social contract is bottom up, in aggregate..not top down by individuals decrees. It was specifically formulated to reject any such necessity. You think we’re doing it the top down by individual decree way. A completely subjective deontological understanding. That might be why peoples ideas seem wrong, or not make sense to you.
Your comments on the loudest voices is another deontological assertion. The idea that what’s right or wrong is sent down to we lowly individuals by the few on cultural high. That’s certainly the goal of oligarchic and authoritarian regimes, but not the social contract.
It really is easy to remember. The social contract is bottom up, in aggregate..not top down by individuals decrees. It was specifically formulated to reject any such necessity. You think we’re doing it the top down by individual decree way. A completely subjective deontological understanding. That might be why peoples ideas seem wrong, or not make sense to you.
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