04-15-2016, 04:28 AM
We put a price on human life because if we fail to, a victim's family gets nothing (the lesser reason) and society loses the deterrent effect of money penalties for behavior that can kill people.
Removing the civil liability would force us, in cases like this, to choose between doing nothing or punishing the act as a crime. And we would struggle to gain a consensus that behavior like this should be labelled, and punished, as criminal.
Removing the civil liability would force us, in cases like this, to choose between doing nothing or punishing the act as a crime. And we would struggle to gain a consensus that behavior like this should be labelled, and punished, as criminal.