tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post1741992147091891667..comments2024-02-28T05:56:28.293-08:00Comments on California Correctional Crisis: The Price of Partisanism and the End of Public DebateHadar Aviramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200780666976305749noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post-25519702372452315642012-05-24T14:22:45.768-07:002012-05-24T14:22:45.768-07:001. Not all of your former students are poor spelle...1. Not all of your former students are poor spellers. Even in casual Facebook conversations. :-)<br /><br />2. "In some ways, shifting the debate to issues of cost and technologies ameliorates these fundamental disagreements about the moral and ethical aspects. We don't have to talk about human rights or retribution or victims' feelings, because we can talk about money." I agree with this. But I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. There are still plenty of issues where utilitarian arguments have much less sway than this one; more than enough to satisfy our need for vigorous moral debate. If utilitarian arguments about cost can bring our respective sides (often divided along typical partisan political lines) together on a few things, awesome. Our state, nation, and world are better places for it.<br /><br />3. Totally agree with your footnote.<br /><br />4. For various reasons, I doubt I'm going to make the fundraiser on Saturday. But I'm going to do my best to make sure my fiancee's family, whose votes are probably up for grabs on this, vote for the Act.<br /><br />5. Keep fighting the good fight. Your class was one of my favorites at Hastings. I love reading your posts here and on FB, and the work that you do on this stuff.Colinnoreply@blogger.com