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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Not really. functionality and rationality are not the same thing, regardless.
Further, sedating his son wasn't necessarily a humane gesture. You have to selectively interpret the evidence to get there. You're working backwards from morality and shoehorning it in to demonstrate it was there in the first place. |
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Get a poke on
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At the same time, they may just indicate self preservation. It's hard to know what his full motives behind these things were. That poses the larger question of morality and consequences. Was he remorseful, or was he just worried about the aftermath? This question can be raised in any crime. Do people choose to do it in spite of morality, or is punishment the only concern? Was he a sociopath to begin with? I don't think assuming he knew the difference between right and wrong given the circumstances is much different from doing the same in nearly any murder case. |
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