@defrisselle @apodoxus @philosophy #Time is the distance between a law and its outcome

@goodlawproject is that a rhetorical question?

@baddadda @philosophy I’d have to first ask which “philosophy” and what sort of “sense” we’d be speaking of.

@feministepistemology We do, yes. And my previous comment took that into account, but values -which is what is in question in your initial example- are not “mitigating circumstances”. Is that your argument perhaps: that values are mitigating circumstances? If so, I’d disagree. Humbly, Hermit

@feministepistemology Think of it this way: although it is so that circumstances surrounding events presented for trial are taken into account and do impact on verdicts, most ppl prefer a system in which all are equal in eyes of the law. And, if the law should handle individuals in your example equally, why should society not do the same?

@feministepistemology @philosophy Would I say that both had the same chances of becoming “decent”…? I think I’d say that we all have the ability to change - and to break free from whatever we’ve been taught.