On Tue, 16 Aug 2022 at 01:23, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 9:48 AM Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> before you start worrying about deterrence you should make sure that >>> the man you have just convicted of murder does not murder again. Take for >>> example the case of Kenneth McDuff, he was convicted of the rape torture >>> and murder of 3 children in 1966 and sentenced to death, but it was later >>> commuted to life in prison. Despite the life sentence he was released from >>> prison in 1989 due to overcrowding. As a free man over the next 3 years >>> McDuff tortured at least 5 more children to death before he was caught. In >>> 1998 he was finally executed, he never killed anybody after that and I >>> think we can be pretty sure he never will. >>> >> >> *> Removing a hazard, if that’s how you want to look at the legal system, >> does not require any consideration of the criteria for free will, but >> deterring people from breaking legal or moral rules does.* >> > > > Punishment is a factor in the environment and the fear of that is often > sufficient to stop somebody from murdering. > But only if they have control over their actions, which is where the compatibilist definition of free will comes into it. > -- Stathis Papaioannou -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAH%3D2ypXS3pvq9Y0GEcn6m38XYuVoEP1DuxvUG0_UFoicEVZ68Q%40mail.gmail.com.
