Language and Logic (General)

by romansh ⌂ @, Friday, April 04, 2014, 02:53 (3669 days ago) @ David Turell

Romannsh: Now I am not suggesting we should not people on trial, but we do need to understand the underlying causes for their actions.
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> Looking for underlying causes and mitigating circumstances is reasonable in court of law when there is the issue of possible punishment. Those underlying causes do modify the willful reaction of people, by which I am implying their action comes from free will choices, based on their experiences and judgments, unless their brain is sick.-Punishment:-Deterrent
Public safety
Re-education-All of which are independent of free will. No need for free will in the law David. You only need that if we are looking to be retributative about punishment.


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