Seeing the beginning of his announcement, it did not seem like it was going to be a drop out one but him doubling down on running
Seeing the beginning of his announcement, it did not seem like it was going to be a drop out one but him doubling down on running
I’m not saying it’s healthy consent, but it’s a form of consent insofar as you are in control of your faculties. Obviously we as individuals should aim higher than that but as far as a legal or moral standard for where you can have responsibility for your actions, I think that’s where the line is. And yeah blurring the line by saying two drunk people having otherwise consensual sex is mutual rape or silly things like that is eroding people’s responsibility for their own actions, as here.
Like if Platner killed a guy in the same condition would you be saying these things? Like oh how could he have prevented it when he was so drunk… I just don’t think that argument has any merit. We are ultimately accountable for our own actions unless we’re so impaired that they can’t be said to be actions.
I’ve said he’s responsible for his harms to others while drunk because even if impairment removes his self-control, drinking caused that to happen. But that’s not because I think raping (or murdering) is someone’s true self and they’re basically just stuck being a fundamentally bad person. They should pay for the consequences of their actions, dedicate themselves consciously to never reoffending, and then never get drunk enough to lose control, because that’s a consequence of drinking.
I don’t think most people exhibit personal growth (at least initially) by actually changing their fundamental impulses but by dedicating themselves to controlling those that are harmful. And maintaining that control is part of being committed to it. Maybe over time that changes the impulses themselves, but it’s curbing the impact to others that matters morally.