Sat. 12/07/14 20:21 EDT
.post #224
Here’s another thing to think about, in light of Malachi’s answer, above; consider this hypothetical situation:
A new prison program is introduced. Prisoners are forced to work. Part of the profits from their forced labor are used to both reduce the taxpayer burden of imprisoning them, and also to reimburse their victims.
Malachi is outraged by this, since he feels it’s immoral to buy stolen goods, so he organizes a massive, nation-wide boycott of prisoner-produced products. The boycott is astoundingly successful, and not a single prisoner-produced product is purchased. As a result, the program is dropped, victims are not reimbursed, and innocent taxpayers must return to paying for imprisoning criminals.
Question: Is this moral?