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#773 - Sam Harris's Terrifying Philosophy

The Counsel of Trent

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The Uncomfortable View of Free Will

Philosopher David Boonein argues that traditional notions of punishment aren't justifiable. He says we have to treat human harms like every other harm in the universe, since they're all equally the product of physical forces. Viewing human beings as natural phenomena need not damage our system of criminal justice, he writes.

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