1/ Either we believe in the VIRTUE that people can (+ wish to) improve & be just a bit better than they were yesterday or we believe they are set in stone + unredeemable.
This was a chilling moment for me thinking of the "corrections" society seeks + the lives in this bus...
This was a chilling moment for me thinking of the "corrections" society seeks + the lives in this bus...
2/ Whether a serious crime or a thought crime
a transgression where someone did something considered WRONG today
But either
a) didn't know it was WRONG
(and error corrected on learning)
-or-
b) it wasn't considered WRONG
at the time they did it
means...
a transgression where someone did something considered WRONG today
But either
a) didn't know it was WRONG
(and error corrected on learning)
-or-
b) it wasn't considered WRONG
at the time they did it
means...
3/ JUSTICE ought time travel JUSTLY
Standards change—We ought hold others to standard now + hence not past
-a past crime,newly discovered,gone unpunished but for evasion OUGHT BE punished
-a past act,deemed present offense,newly discovered,not previously punishable OUGHT NOT
Standards change—We ought hold others to standard now + hence not past
-a past crime,newly discovered,gone unpunished but for evasion OUGHT BE punished
-a past act,deemed present offense,newly discovered,not previously punishable OUGHT NOT
4/ When a standard becomes MORE permissable—previously punished people ought be freed + held to NEW standard
(Ex From the substantive like drug possession)
AND
When a standard becomes LESS permissable—previous transgressors ought not lose freedom until new standard be breached
(Ex From the substantive like drug possession)
AND
When a standard becomes LESS permissable—previous transgressors ought not lose freedom until new standard be breached
5/ This also ought hold in less substantive arenas (relative to physical crimes like drug possession) like what people wrote or said years ago—
–IF the then standard was different.
And we ought judge people with assumption they can + wish to improve every day a bit better.
–IF the then standard was different.
And we ought judge people with assumption they can + wish to improve every day a bit better.
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