I’d start with your principle #2 and strengthen it. MOST harms cannot be fully undone—the trust and happiness impact is on different dimensions than any attempt at recompense. Even if the calculation was possible, the benefit to the offender was less than the cost of the harm, and the universe is poorer now.
I’d start with your principle #2 and strengthen it. MOST harms cannot be fully undone—the trust and happiness impact is on different dimensions than any attempt at recompense. Even if the calculation was possible, the benefit to the offender was less than the cost of the harm, and the universe is poorer now.