
TRC #626: A Deep Dive Into ‘Just Deserts’ By Daniel Dennett & Gregg Caruso
The Reality Check
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What's the Positive Impact of the Punishment?
In casual conversation, people use words differently than people who study things do. People are realizing that there's a nuance, sophistication and complexity to the language of science. Caruso thinks he can avoid retributive punishment by having a different way of looking at how we hold people accountable. This is his quarantine model. The idea is that if someone happens to have Ebola or even COVID, we'll say we might quarantine them. We might sanction them if they leave quarantine but it's not because they're a bad person.
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