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

Vladimir Nesov robotact at mail.ru
Tue Aug 21 20:57:06 UTC 2007


Wednesday, August 22, 2007, Michael M. Butler wrote:

MMB> As I said elsewhere, I don't believe in avenging third cousins twice
MMB> removed, or the like. I believe there must be an end to disputes.

Problem is not who to avenge, but what form a revenge takes. Like
ignoring identity of actual murderer and killing similar number of random
people in the vicinity of the offender.

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 Vladimir Nesov                            mailto:robotact at mail.ru




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