Agreed. Therefore, if we decide that someone needs killing, then why not do it the quick way? Once they’re dead, they no longer exist, and the pain and suffering we inflicted on them before their death is meaningless. To them. It only matters to us, the living.
Huh? How is that different? If I push you out of an airplane with a parachute, have I actively killed you or not? If I point a gun at you and pull the trigger, I haven’t actively killed you, I’ve just put you in the path of a bullet, and the bullet kills you, not me.
And here’s the nub. WHY is it important to create equity between the perpetrator and the victim? If there is a case where the victim can be made whole, then it makes sense. If I steal a candy bar, it makes sense for me to have to give back the candy bar, and one extra. But if I chop off someone’s foot, chopping off my foot doesn’t give the victim back his foot. And so what’s the point of chopping off my foot? Yes, I’ll get the same thing that happened to my victim. And so what? Then you let me go? Or, do you put me in jail, since I’ve beens shown to be the soft of person it isn’t safe to have feet around. And when I’m isolated in jail, I can’t chop anyone’s feet off.
Since I can’t chop off anyone’s foot, because I’m in jail, what is accomplished by chopping of my foot? Don’t say, “equity”, because that just puts a name on it. Why is creating this state of so-called equity important? What’s the purpose? Will it lead to a better society? Will we be happier? Will we be safer? Will fewer people cut off feet in the future? If you say it doesn’t matter if we’re safer or happier after you cut off my foot, then why would you do it?