Single Idea 1743

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / c. Deterrence of crime]

Full Idea

Men can be most effectively deterred from committing injustice if those who are not injured feel as much indignation as those who are.

Gist of Idea

The greatest deterrence for injustice is if uninjured parties feel as much indignation as those who are injured

Source

report of Solon (reports [c.600 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 01.So.10

Book Reference

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.28