We could have the exact same court procedures, just change the law on the books from 3–5 years to 3–5 fingers.
We could, but with actual humans, we won’t.
Or are you just stating, without any justification
“By observing human beings” is not “without any justification”. We know what societies that mutilate prisoners are like, because plenty of them have existed.
Also, individuals don’t have to “become irrational” for the ones who are already irrational to gain more influence.
We know what societies that mutilate prisoners are like, because plenty of them have existed.
This is where I disagree. There are only a few post-industrial socieities that have done this, and they were already rotten before starting the mutilation (e.g. Nazi Germany). There is nothing to imply that mutilation will turn your society rotten, only that when your society becomes rotten mutilation may begin.
We could, but with actual humans, we won’t.
“By observing human beings” is not “without any justification”. We know what societies that mutilate prisoners are like, because plenty of them have existed.
Also, individuals don’t have to “become irrational” for the ones who are already irrational to gain more influence.
This is where I disagree. There are only a few post-industrial socieities that have done this, and they were already rotten before starting the mutilation (e.g. Nazi Germany). There is nothing to imply that mutilation will turn your society rotten, only that when your society becomes rotten mutilation may begin.