On 8/14/2022 2:51 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
The legal standard makes sense in compatibilist terms. One's decisions are due one's physical makeup that encodes experience and education. Observing and learning that people are punished for illegal actions counts as experience and education and so may influence one's decisions.> This is the layperson’s definition of freedom and thedefinition used to establish legal responsibility in court.Yes, and that is why the legal system is such aridiculous incoherent mess. There could be no other outcome if something is based on pure nonsense.The legal system might be a mess, but at least in principle it's a good idea not to punish people who didn't do it, did it under coercion, or didn't know what they were doing because they were dementing, for example.
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