Some children commit suicide because of bullying. If those children instead killed their bullies, I think it would be a net improvement for the society. It would prevent those bullies to do the same with more children, and it would send a message that bullying is dangerous for both sides.
More cynically, it would motivate schools to investigate the cases of bullying when the bully is a popular person and the victim is low-status. We don’t want popular people to be killed, do we?
I think you made the assumption that each suicide would kill only one bully.
Even if it isn’t true, I’m inclined to agree that it would be a net improvement, but it would be on the opposite side of the maximum of the curve with ‘strength of response’ as the independent variable and ‘desirability of outcome’ as the dependent.
Some children commit suicide because of bullying. If those children instead killed their bullies, I think it would be a net improvement for the society. It would prevent those bullies to do the same with more children, and it would send a message that bullying is dangerous for both sides.
More cynically, it would motivate schools to investigate the cases of bullying when the bully is a popular person and the victim is low-status. We don’t want popular people to be killed, do we?
I think you made the assumption that each suicide would kill only one bully.
Even if it isn’t true, I’m inclined to agree that it would be a net improvement, but it would be on the opposite side of the maximum of the curve with ‘strength of response’ as the independent variable and ‘desirability of outcome’ as the dependent.