So it's a good thing that I don't feel bad about strangling all those hookers, right?
Doesn't matter to me either way, so long as you're thrown in jail for the rest of your life.
as opposed to prison?
do you think that remorseless criminals and remorseful criminals (all other things (such as offense) being equal) deserve each other's company? (and no, this isn't a cue for "there's no prison in my backyard"
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Nor have I found guilt to be any kind of motivator, except for motivating people to take drugs and go to psychologists.
now there's a winning combination.
one would almost infer that you consider therapy a crutch?
and Re: setting uber-humanity standards - i smell a crosspost with the paladin's-code thread in the making.
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being guilty (hopefully fact-based with value derivation) and feeling guilty (hopefully value-based with factual derivation) are supposedly separate things. the concept/reality of responsibility is only a bit of a crossover between the two, since 'responsible' is something you can also be and/or feel. to be sure, taking responsibility is generally more advisable than 'taking guilt'.
however,
accountability is a bit more distinct from the rest, and is more likely the unnamed common ground between some of the prior arguments in this thread. the difference of opinion seems to be over what is a more or less effective agent of accountability. more than one way to skin a cat, and so on.
[small]recommended reading - 'discipline & punish' by michel foucault.[/small]
