wedrifid comments on Rationality & Criminal Law: Some Questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 22 June 2010 08:43:10AM 0 points [-]

Agree. Vengeance is essentially the carrying out of an implied threat. Combined with credible signaling this is exactly what a rational agent can be expected to do.