Tag: punishment
Jerry Coyne and the Consequences of Denying Free Will
Without free will, there is no guilt and there is no innocence. There are merely animals to be managed.
Free Will Denial and PreCrimes
If we treat criminals the way we treat natural disasters — as physical events without moral culpability — the pragmatic approach is preemption as well.
Scientific Anti-Humanism Is Being Refuted by Science Itself
Darwin taught that life is the product of blind, meaningless, purposeless churning — making all life, including human, hardly more special or dignified than cosmic refuse.
Is Jodi Arias a Man-Eating Tiger?
Any system of justice that would not meaningfully distinguish between man and beast is not worthy of the name.