It shouldn't be an appeal to emotion, there should be a legal standard for behavior while intoxicated. Unfortunately in the US it's a fucking mess, and the standards are different based on the action, which makes no logical sense. A woman that gets drunk and drives a car is a criminal, a woman that gets drunk and has…

It isn’t necessarily conducive to think about it in a utilitarian manner, how much harm did he cause visavis other crimes. This isn’t the civilian world, and the second order effects are not the same. He broke his oath, deserted the men he was supposed to be covering with his rifle, and he deserves to face the…

No doubt elite schools should do more to assist struggling students. However, I think by approaching this from a classical neo-Marxian perspective we might be missing the forest for the trees. Is this about oppression or academic and intellectual ability, driven by environmental factors (lead poisoning) that we like…