I understand why the legal system has to work with binary categories. It would be possible to build a legal system that didn't rely on binary categories like underage/18+, dead/alive, human/nonhuman, in violation/not, etc., but it'd be difficult and probably introduce more problems than it solved. (Even when the legal system does allow degrees, such as when assessing fault in a civil case, it does so in bizarre ways-- "OK, the grandfather is 30% to blame, the child not at all 'cause they're underage, the driver 45%, ...")
But "in binary categories" seems to be the only way some people can "think" at all.
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I understand why the legal system has to work with binary categories. It would be possible to build a legal system that didn't rely on binary categories like underage/18+, dead/alive, human/nonhuman, in violation/not, etc., but it'd be difficult and probably introduce more problems than it solved. (Even when the legal system does allow degrees, such as when assessing fault in a civil case, it does so in bizarre ways-- "OK, the grandfather is 30% to blame, the child not at all 'cause they're underage, the driver 45%, ...")
But "in binary categories" seems to be the only way some people can "think" at all.