pnrjulius comments on Free to Optimize - Less Wrong

25 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 January 2009 01:41AM

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Comment author: Carinthium 23 November 2010 05:47:47AM 2 points [-]

Or at the very least, don't have a principle like in Australia that ignorance of the law is no excuse.

Comment author: pnrjulius 06 June 2012 08:23:05PM -1 points [-]

Yes, ignorantia non excusat is basically abandoning the entire purpose of Rule of Law and stare decisis. I don't know why more people don't see this; it's basically what Kafka was talking about in The Judgment.

Comment author: VAuroch 02 December 2013 01:40:20AM -1 points [-]

If that principle was abandoned, there would be every reason to never learn the laws.