Clearly not, since that argument applies far more strongly to non-death penalty cases where there is far less scrutiny. It's also clearly an argument intended for Other People who need pragmatic reasons for ending the…
Plenty of educated elites are well aware the problems climate change could cause for them personally. Civil unrest, rising sea levels, and pollution. Things personal wealth only partially mitigates.
He's like someone who is anti-abortion but doesn't worry at all about people after they exit the womb. They're lying when they say they actually care about life. In reality, they just care about how abortion makes them…
Yes it does and that's not what seems to bother people about the death penalty. It's the act of killing that tugs on their heartstrings. They happily ignore the millions serving decades in prison because they didn't…
Yes but if you live in an elite life bubble you'll only care about things that make it through that bubble. Why are so many rich celebrities obsessed with animal rights, the death penalty, and climate change? Because…
At 4% it would be "It is better that twenty five guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer."
Why can't we just get that 4% bad convictions down to 0% for the death penalty? There are many cases where no one disputes the guilt of the perpetrator, like mass shooters or murderers that film themselves in the act.…
"Only mortals have told me that it would suck to live forever." - /r/Showerthoughts Aubrey De Grey calls it the "pro aging trance" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey#Pro-aging_tranc...
Clearly not, since that argument applies far more strongly to non-death penalty cases where there is far less scrutiny. It's also clearly an argument intended for Other People who need pragmatic reasons for ending the…
Plenty of educated elites are well aware the problems climate change could cause for them personally. Civil unrest, rising sea levels, and pollution. Things personal wealth only partially mitigates.
He's like someone who is anti-abortion but doesn't worry at all about people after they exit the womb. They're lying when they say they actually care about life. In reality, they just care about how abortion makes them…
Yes it does and that's not what seems to bother people about the death penalty. It's the act of killing that tugs on their heartstrings. They happily ignore the millions serving decades in prison because they didn't…
Yes but if you live in an elite life bubble you'll only care about things that make it through that bubble. Why are so many rich celebrities obsessed with animal rights, the death penalty, and climate change? Because…
At 4% it would be "It is better that twenty five guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer."
Why can't we just get that 4% bad convictions down to 0% for the death penalty? There are many cases where no one disputes the guilt of the perpetrator, like mass shooters or murderers that film themselves in the act.…
"Only mortals have told me that it would suck to live forever." - /r/Showerthoughts Aubrey De Grey calls it the "pro aging trance" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey#Pro-aging_tranc...