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Re: Motive vs Action (was Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 19 Oct 1999 17:58:54 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> James Brown wrote:
> > Neither you nor I are capable of judging motive. We don't know why Fred ran
> > over Sam, or why Dave ran over Paul. The only people who know that are Fred
> > and Dave, respectively. All that we can do is judge the action. Actions • are
> > observable, and judgable, intent is not.
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> Unfortuanately it seems to me that to have a workable society, we have
> to attempt to judge intent. Without judging intent, either murder is not
> a crime, and we can't punish anyone for being responsible for someone
> elses life ending, or there are a lot of police, military, doctors,
> prison guards, and just plain old citizens who have to be put away for
> life (no death penalty anymore, since that would be murder).
You're making assumptions. What if the penalty for murder was deportation?
Or 5 years of community service? No one says it has to be prison for life.
Also, there's no reason why there can't be 'state-mandated'(1) circumstances
under which murder is sanctioned/pardoned. The most obvious example is the
death penalty.
I see no reason why judging intent is necessary to a workable society.
1: for lack of a better term)
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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