SilasBarta comments on Ethics of Jury nullification and TDT? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SilasBarta 28 October 2010 03:39:43AM 0 points [-]

The consequent here is independent of the antecedent - I don't think the system you describe is possible under either circumstance.

Not perfectly, no, but any decent approximation has the norm I described (that you shouldn't use your discretion to favor lawbreakers simply because that would make the law closer to what you personally desire) as a pre-requisite -- I don't see how it would be otherwise.

I thought that's what what I was doing with:

While it may appear that it's a chance to shift utility toward people you like, your deciding to do so has broader implications.