(June 18, 2010 at 8:14 am)Paul the Human Wrote: It's not about punishment. It's about quality of life and the cost to society.
Yeah that's what I was saying. I support that much.
I'm just not a very extreme utilitarian because some things just naturally feel wrong so I steer away from them even though I may not necessarily be able to argue why it is wrong. I trust my instincts in more extreme issues, and on less extreme issues I try to be more dispassionate. Generally that is.
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