MaxNanasy comments on Diseased thinking: dissolving questions about disease - Less Wrong
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Assuming souls exist, what's the difference between a brain tumor and an evil soul in terms of who "deserves" suffering (disregarding the argument that they deserve suffering because God said so)? At the moment of birth, neither one is chosen by the agent. If anyone was born with the same genetics, environment, and soul, they would make the same decisions throughout life.
Therefore, even if souls exist, that doesn't change any conclusions about consequentialist versus retributive justice IMO.