Re:How Logan Paul Scammed People Out of Millions
by throw_away_8080 on Sunday December 18, 2022 @02:15PM
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I like this.
The value of retribution exists independently of the desire for revenge.
Re:How Logan Paul Scammed People Out of Millions
by spritefs on Sunday December 18, 2022 @10:55PM
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> The trap is when you don't care about the perpetrators facing justice because you think the victims deserved it
> I don't think there's any real social obligation to feel sorry for victims.
I disagree. In general there is, it just isn't a legal one. Also this raises the question of where new laws come from (e.g. abolitionism)
Provided you differentiate feeling sorry for the victims and wanting the perpetrators brought to justice, I don't think there's any real social obligation to feel sorry for victims. Wanting justice can be justified by considering the corrosive effect crimes have on society as a whole, even though the direct victims don't deserve sympathy. For instance, when gangsters massacre other gangsters, I don't feel sorry for the victims (who lived by the sword, then died by it) but this lack of empathy for the victims doesn't temper my desire to see the perpetrators brought to justice.
The trap is when you don't care about the perpetrators facing justice because you think the victims deserved it. That's a bad path to go down.