Either you believe anyone could be rehabilitated, including Hitler. Or alternatively, you don’t believe that, but that is an admission that there exists some line which if crossed means a person becomes irredeemable.
Then the question becomes: where is that line for you?
Ok but Hitler was literally mentally ill. Could he have been rehabilitated? With the methods available at the time? The methods of today? Would that be just? Safe? How much do you trust the science?
It’s not some crazy hypothetical. There are thousands of people walking around right now who have that same capacity and drive to do evil.
Do you think Adolf Hitler could be rehabilitated?
Maybe through empathy, or the power of prayer, a mosquito can be convinced to live a vegan lifestyle?
Ah yes, the mentally ill are literally Hitler. Or literally insects. What a well-rounded person’s opinion.
I don’t think that’s the point.
Either you believe anyone could be rehabilitated, including Hitler. Or alternatively, you don’t believe that, but that is an admission that there exists some line which if crossed means a person becomes irredeemable.
Then the question becomes: where is that line for you?
Ok but Hitler was literally mentally ill. Could he have been rehabilitated? With the methods available at the time? The methods of today? Would that be just? Safe? How much do you trust the science?
It’s not some crazy hypothetical. There are thousands of people walking around right now who have that same capacity and drive to do evil.