So you're saying it's binary from moment to moment? I don't quite understand. And like what if sociopaths have liberty, doesn't that put other people's liberty at risk?
Sociopaths: are not specifically evil. They simply do not perceive the Harm they do. This is one specific reason for The One Law - ability to judge using logic.
The problem here is that ALL human beings are blind, stupid hypocrites! And the ones who don't think they are even more so. You can't possibly account for every variable.
There is only -one- variable at any given moment: Did you harm someone or not ? - If so, is there any way to restitute to forgiveness (retroactive permission) from the victim ?
More than sometimes - We all do this occasionally. None will ever be omniscient or faultless. The answer is learning to know how to avoid Harm and to restitute. And to forgive...
No If omniscient I would never test my case in an uncensorably indelible public blockchain for all posterity to gloat over. I would know all the answers and never need to reply.
I am 100% not afraid to be wrong, to make mistakes, or be ridiculed. I am willing to revise what I write when I recognize through argument or reasoning that I have erred.
Haha good, me too! Otherwise I wouldn't bother engaging with you. My point is that a society that values forgiveness is going to do better than one based on strict "eye for an eye"
Forgiveness is both under-appreciated and misunderstood. We need to get this cog re-engaged in public discourse. Punishment achieves almost nothing restitution can.