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← Capital punishment, torture and debasement are morally wrong and also bad policy.

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 22 Mar 1775 to 27 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under fiscal policy fiscal policy Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under public debt public debt Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Capital punishment, torture and debasement are morally wrong and also bad policy. Capital punishment, torture and debasementare morally wrong and also bad policy. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Oct 2026 GG Greg Garrett — holds since 2026-10-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Seeking special tax treatment that could not sustainably be extended to everyone is morally wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Seeking special tax treatment thatcould not sustainably be extended toeveryone is morally wrong. Last stated 6 months ago 9 May 2026 JB Josh Barro — holds since 2026-05-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Those who reject retributive punishment and the death penalty should not relish images of Trump and his allies being executed. — tap to centre the map on it Those who reject retributivepunishment and the death penaltyshould not relish images of Trumpand his allies being executed. Last stated 7 months ago 4 Apr 2026 KF Keith Frankish — holds since 2026-04-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Policy should follow what humanity and justice require, not legal right — tap to centre the map on it Policy should follow what humanityand justice require, not legal right Last stated 252 years ago 22 Mar 1775 EB Edmund Burke — holds since 1775-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Counting every being that can suffer, and applying consistent moral weights, yields conclusions its own defenders find uncomfortable and cannot fully endorse. — tap to centre the map on it Counting every being that cansuffer, and applying consistentmoral weights, yields conclusionsits own defenders find uncomfortableand cannot fully endorse. Last stated 5 years ago 2 Feb 2022 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: True Christianity is incompatible with government and its violence, executions and wars — tap to centre the map on it True Christianity is incompatiblewith government and its violence,executions and wars LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Justifying cruelty toward another person requires first reducing them to an abstraction rather than a full human being. — tap to centre the map on it Justifying cruelty toward anotherperson requires first reducing themto an abstraction rather than a fullhuman being. Last stated 10 months ago 14 Jan 2026 BT Brandon Taylor — holds since 2026-01-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: The civil magistrate is not a competent judge of religious truth nor should use religion as policy — tap to centre the map on it The civil magistrate is not acompetent judge of religious truthnor should use religion as policy JM James Madison — holds since c. 1784–1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: Treating a wrongdoer as mistaken rather than evil is compatible with stopping them from doing further harm. — tap to centre the map on it Treating a wrongdoer as mistakenrather than evil is compatible withstopping them from doing furtherharm. Last stated 5 days ago 27 Oct 2026 MP Massimo Pigliucci — holds since 2026-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country should raise revenue by tariffing foreign countries rather than by taxing its own citizens. — tap to centre the map on it A country should raise revenue bytariffing foreign countries ratherthan by taxing its own citizens. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Jan 2025 DT Donald Trump — holds since 2025-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A fiscal expansion when the economy is already at potential output prompts monetary tightening that dampens or eliminates its effect on output. — tap to centre the map on it A fiscal expansion when the economyis already at potential outputprompts monetary tightening thatdampens or eliminates its effect onoutput. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A thriving society needs both the left's redistributing of resources and the right's producing and conserving of them — tap to centre the map on it A thriving society needs both theleft's redistributing of resourcesand the right's producing andconserving of them Last stated 3 years ago 11 May 2023 RB Roy Baumeister — holds since 2023-05-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank can eliminate aself-fulfilling ('sunspot') debtcrisis simply by credibly committingto buy as many bonds as needed atthe low interest rate. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A government debt crisis ismeasurable and therefore visiblewell in advance; the diagnostic ismechanical rather than a matter ofjudgement. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it A government's debt dynamics are ahousehold's or a company's, exceptthat it can print money and tax --and those two powers are what changethe ending. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Capital punishment, torture and debasement are morally wrong and also bad policy. Last stated 10 Oct 2026 · 3 weeks ago Holds Greg Garrett Read this korrent →