Re:Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And...
by s1artibartfast on Monday January 09, 2023 @06:17PM
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>IMO I think the idea is that if you can explain the crime then maybe the monster was created by society and thus can be redeemed by society.
I think that might be the thought process, but I do not think it is very accurate. Some damage simply cant be undone, especially early childhood trauma and developmental damage.
Similarly, blame isn't binary, both can be true. If we have dispensed with the concept of free will, then nothing is to blame, neither society or the individual. It simply is.
Once you reach that point you have to ask, what is it, independent of the assignment of blame.
Are they a monster? Did they brutally murder 3 people?
I think that might be the thought process, but I do not think it is very accurate. Some damage simply cant be undone, especially early childhood trauma and developmental damage.
Similarly, blame isn't binary, both can be true. If we have dispensed with the concept of free will, then nothing is to blame, neither society or the individual. It simply is.
Once you reach that point you have to ask, what is it, independent of the assignment of blame.
Are they a monster? Did they brutally murder 3 people?