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Evan Mann
@evanmann
Writing anyone off as a bad person is a trap that defers justice and harms all of us—what do you think? Follow for more helpful philosophical discussion and non-dual thinking: https://drakula.app/post/415b4917-84f1-4051-8e66-0bb937a054cc?invite=kw7Ccp
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Alex
@alexpopovic
I remain in respectful disagreement here. I would concede that the examples you gave are good ones, however I don't believe you can say the same thing about everyone. In answer to the opening question "how far until they are not capable of redemption" I'd say again that those who have repeatedly harmed children, trafficked women and children, abused the elderly and disabled, etc - are not people worthy of the energy and resources of our grace. I firmly believe that there are people who behave so egregiously terrible that they have given up their human rights to any kind of redemption. I've personally arrested a man who's business model was kidnapping kids and cutting them into pieces when the parents (starving families in the third world who had nothing) couldn't pay the money he knew they didn't have. He would then just sell them or kill them. That is not a man worthy of your grace or mercy.
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Evan Mann
@evanmann
Ok, then what should be done with these people? Should we kill them? If not, why would we allow such a risky person to remain alive? And you say we can’t say the same about everyone, but I maintain that if it’s true for any person (that they are capable of such evil) it’s true for all people—and that this is evidence that it’s not the people who are bad but the systems, incentives, and conditions which lead to desperation and motivate their bad behavior. I would argue that, more than anything we could do to an individual, focusing on these problems as systemic is our best hope to change behavior and increase the likelihood of positive outcomes for everyone.
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