What if you step into a delayed duplication machine, and the first one out goes and commits murder at a later time, and then commits suicide, later the delayed duplicate of you emerges. Do we imprison them, or would that be punishing them for a "pre-crime"?
Jason On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 7:19 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > You should both go to jail, on the basis that both copies of you had the > same consciousness as the person who committed the murder, and therefore > you are both equally responsible (leaving aside considerations of free will > etc) > > And (this is the clincher) you are both equally a danger to society, > having had your psychopathic tendencies duplicated means you're twice as > much of a danger as you were when there was only one of you. > > QED, "You're nicked, sunshine." > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
