Comments by "Michael RCH" (@michaelrch) on "Chris Daw QC: Legalise drugs and close the prisons" video.

  1. This guy is 1000% right. As soon as you realise that we don't have any kind of metaphysical free will (which I think is a hangover of religious moral systems), then our criminal justice system makes no sense at all. People will behave as their genetics and past experiences determine. Stopping crime should start with avoiding the conditions and incentives that drive people to crime.
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  2. Afterthought_btw Responsibility and free will are different things.
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  3. aha Maybe. But usually not. The thing you can't do is punish as a means of retribution. Only deterrence, reform and public protection are rational justification for imprisonment. But most people are primarily driven by the desire for retribution against "bad" people.
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