The world could be made a better place if so many people weren’t trained into reflexive, voluntary disarmament masquerading as moral high ground. Actual morals involve bringing those prowling “low” to justice
Absolutely. Though I want to clarify my take on justice. If an injustice is required to make the world better, happier, safer, freer, I’m in favor of it. I’m not looking to bring punishment to bad people.
For instance, I don’t want a certain racist rapist fascist idiot to suffer, I want him to stop causing suffering. If that means a quick and painless death, or being put into a peaceful vegetative state, or simply being removed from office and somehow made culturally/politically irrelevant, I will take it.
Now, would I personally enjoy seeing him suffer? Yes, but that’s not really the important bit.
I don’t agree. Dehumanizing even one evil individual takes away from the severity of their bad deeds.
OK, but I care about material consequence. Not the emotional catharsis of moral judgement.
The world could be made a better place if so many people weren’t trained into reflexive, voluntary disarmament masquerading as moral high ground. Actual morals involve bringing those prowling “low” to justice
Absolutely. Though I want to clarify my take on justice. If an injustice is required to make the world better, happier, safer, freer, I’m in favor of it. I’m not looking to bring punishment to bad people.
For instance, I don’t want a certain racist rapist fascist idiot to suffer, I want him to stop causing suffering. If that means a quick and painless death, or being put into a peaceful vegetative state, or simply being removed from office and somehow made culturally/politically irrelevant, I will take it.
Now, would I personally enjoy seeing him suffer? Yes, but that’s not really the important bit.