Sunday, December 16, 2012

Can Utilitarians Properly Esteem The Intrinsic Value of Truth?

Can Utilitarians Properly Esteem The Intrinsic Value of Truth?

Consequences ofi inmate isolation

     Bentham was very interested in prison reform. Such consequences as those i n the previus article to prisoners and guards would have shocked him as it does us other utilittarians/consequentialists.
     We need no divine intent  and divine grounding to discern the evil here.We don't want retribution but justice.
       As noted, the inmates could reenter society worse off such that that consequence itself coul make for more dire consequences

Dorf on Law: "Truly Civil" Torture

Dorf on Law: "Truly Civil" Torture