From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 07 2002 - 11:35:39 MDT
Samantha Atkins wrote:
Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
> Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
>
> And the good of two senseless and unnecessary deaths when one
> has already occurred is, what?
>
> ### Mainly the pleasure of seeing the dead body of a murderer.
>
I would take far more pleasure from seeing that person cured of
their socio-psychopathic tendencies to become a perfectly fine
sentient being to have around.
### I agree with you - once it becomes possible to directly and reliably
intervene in the minds of the evil ones, it will be ethical to give them the
choice of submission to this procedure, similarly to the ideas used by
Heinlein and many other sci-fi writers. Until then, however, I am willing to
accept the other, bloody option.
Rafal
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