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Originally Posted by Terrell
My assertion is that it's unjust to legally compel me to do so, at the potential cost of my life, when I didn't volunteer to do so. Especially when the victim of the violence isn't someone who I have a special relationship with, and when I didn't cause the situation in question.
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What you describe here isn't necessarily in the about justice per se; I would suggest it is more in line with libertarianism. And how would you describe a "special relationship"? Isn't a defenseless elderly human being special enough? Although you didn't cause the situation, doing nothing isn't quite helping the situation either. Especially if you are in what we would call a just society.
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Originally Posted by Terrell
That is what we have the cops and the courts for. I do think that the carjacker should be punished severely, but I believe that the courts are the apropriate place for said punishment to be meted out. I don't think that any of the blame should be attached to those who don't wish to intervene potentially at the risk of their lives, they didn't sign up for physical intervention against perps of violence, and outside of a special relationship to the victim, they shouldn't have to do so. That's what the law enforcement officers are paid to do.
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Courts and cops have no significance if they aren't around. This is where civic duty comes in. What duty? you may ask. The duty to uphold the values of a just society. Do you truly want to live in a society where an old man can be beaten to death, where no one will do anything unless they are paid law enforcers? I agree that people should not be forced to do something against their will, but surely there is something to be concerned about if they choose to do nothing in this case.