balancing the scales

Aphoristic Observation: Retributive Punishment Is to Restorative Justice as Egalitarianism Is to Equality

by on October 22, 2010 @ 12:51 am · 3 comments

in Legal System, Libertarian Theory, Private Security & Law

Instead of raising the victim back up — to balance the scales of Lady Justice, so to speak — it seeks to drag the criminal down to the victim’s diminished level.

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Cross-posted at Is-Ought GAP.

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