The Culpability Principle
You’ve heard of the Precautionary Principle, but we desperately need a new principle, one I will describe in this thread. It’s called The Intervention Culpability Principle. The Precautionary Principle is NOT that we should take precautions when there are perceived dangers…
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2 years ago · 10 likes · 1 comment · Mark Changizi
"New legislation may be proposed only at the first session of each month, and the member who offers it is held responsible for the result of its adoption; if these are seriously evil another member may within a year of the vote invoke upon him the *graphe paranomon*, or writ of illegality, and have him fined, disenfranchised, or put to death; this is Athens' way of discouraging hasty legislation." -- Will Durant, on Ancient Greece legislation
I’ve developed a Pavlovian shuddering response to the term Precautionary Principle.