Re:Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber (2000)
by hammock on Friday September 01, 2017 @08:45AM
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Laws don't separate good from evil. They serve to legitimize (think of the root of that word) the exercise of certain behavior. But there can be good laws and evil laws. If you have trouble understanding this point, look at another country besides the US when thinking about it.
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Re:Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber (2000)
by kutkloon7 on Friday September 01, 2017 @02:01PM
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Heh, "Look at the laws in the US when thinking about it" would be more appropriate.
Re:Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber (2000)
by sammoorhouse on Friday September 01, 2017 @07:05PM
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> If you have trouble understanding this point, look at another country besides the US when thinking about it.
More than a little patronising, and also: really??
Re:Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber (2000)
by hammock on Saturday September 02, 2017 @09:26AM
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It wasn't a dig at the US, rather the opposite. Looking at say North Korea, or Nazi Germany, or any place where slavery was legal...might make it easier to see laws that were divorced from what is good/bad.
Re:Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber (2000)
by jessaustin on Saturday September 02, 2017 @08:00PM
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Many people have trouble thinking about the category of evil laws. It's not what they learned in junior high school! It's helpful to inspire thinking about categories that asymptotically approach the categories that are difficult to conceptualize directly.