[ExI] free-will, determinism, crime and punishment

[Vladimir Nesov]

Friday, August 17, 2007, gts wrote:

g> It strikes me that retribution is an archaic concept, inconsistent with
g> modern science. But people are dying because of it. If you ask people why  
g> they support capital punishment, you'll hear lots of arguments about
g> retribution.

Retribution is a particular form of the same framework, it is good
enough association. Rehabilitation itself doesn't act as deterrence, there still
needs to be something that acts in that capacity.

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 Vladimir Nesov                            mailto:robotact at mail.ru