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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/02/2013 17:26, John Clark wrote:<br>
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type="cite">On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 Anders Sandberg <span dir="ltr"><<a
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target="_blank">anders@aleph.se</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>> The point of punishment is manifold. </div>
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I profoundly disagree. The only legitimate point of punishment
is to prevent the person from performing the same evil act
again and to deter others from doing something similar. I
don't deny that there can be other reasons, like everyone else
I am not completely free from sadistic thoughts that come from
the reptilian parts of my brain, but I am not proud of such
impulses and will not defend them. </div>
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Well, you profoundly disagree with nearly everybody else. Fine, but
don't expect the justice system to work like you think it should do.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Anders Sandberg,
Future of Humanity Institute
Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University </pre>
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