Kaj_Sotala comments on Open Thread, October 16-31, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 22 October 2012 07:30:44AM 2 points [-]

What you say is true to some extent, but there's also the fact that holding people morally responsible actually changes their behavior, and if we didn't hold anyone morally responsible for anything, people would behave worse.