> a crime and punishment issue, but rather one of public health
Not disagreeing with anything you said, just providing a thought.
Common opinion dictates that we need the state to take care of public health; thus, in common opinion, public health is an issue of crime and punishment.
If you take it as a principle (as I do) that we need sepration of state and public health (as with church, as with education), it has interesting implications.
Update: Most glaring example is Obamacare. You have to pay a fine (punishment) if you don't get insurance and it imposes massive burdens on doctors. I am only adding this because I got massively downvoted. I guess people didn't understand that what I said was just a matter of fact. Our society does support the idea that public health is actionable on a "crime and punishment" level and in general that is still the modus operandi.
Not disagreeing with anything you said, just providing a thought.
Common opinion dictates that we need the state to take care of public health; thus, in common opinion, public health is an issue of crime and punishment.
If you take it as a principle (as I do) that we need sepration of state and public health (as with church, as with education), it has interesting implications.
Update: Most glaring example is Obamacare. You have to pay a fine (punishment) if you don't get insurance and it imposes massive burdens on doctors. I am only adding this because I got massively downvoted. I guess people didn't understand that what I said was just a matter of fact. Our society does support the idea that public health is actionable on a "crime and punishment" level and in general that is still the modus operandi.