Posted by Jost on October 22, 2006, at 20:00:24
In reply to Do more rules make for a more civil society?, posted by Toph on October 22, 2006, at 13:05:44
Have the regulations per se actually burgeoned so much?
Probably there isn't a correspondence between the burgeoning of rules and fairness and justice. It probably depends on the fairness and justness of those who enforce the rules-- at least as much as the number or complexity of rules
plus common law has always been very complex--
The things is-- it's really a question of whether Bob is fair-- not whether the rules are fair-- or overly numerous-- at least so far. I'm not sure I see unfair rules--
maybe they are, but I dont' see it yet.
I mean is 10 a good number to divide by? ???? I can't even begin to figure out how to address that question. What' s good about it? what's not good?
The rounding up, rounding down point seems useful -- and worth considering-- ie the whole question of the mathematics of the blocking system-- from a philosophical point of view-- dividers, multipliers, rounding errors, etc--
were those issues discussed, explained? Bob presumably thought it through-- but how to legitimate it, point by point, and debate it, point by point-- on a message board--?
& is it unfair, or unprincipled? Maybe it's fairer not to let everyone here get so stirred up about the fairness of things-- because it inflames situations and people get blocked because they saw an opening to protest something-- and got more agitated during that process of protesting--
but then-- well-- we feel shut down-- even though no one gets blocked.
Should blocks be tailored more to individual actions-- and, more significantly, supposed intentions?-- can be "fairer"-- but involves judgments that can also be harmful-- now Bob can say, it's not personal-- but if it's not personal, it's impersonal-- and the blocks seem mechanical and unqualified, the punishment doesn't fit the crime, then
The whole thing is such a hard question to consider. Even for a consequentialist , much less rights-based, morality.
Jost
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