“A system of justice does not need to pursue retribution. If the purpose of drug sentencing is to prevent harm, all we… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“I am keenly aware that the security we enjoy is frail, and could easily be disrupted. Secretly, a nagging fear gnaws at me: what… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“Being Jewish did not compromise the humanitarian and universalist ideals of my close relatives who, having experienced persecution close hand, were more concerned with… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“State sponsored medicine and science can function as ideology, inspiring blind commitment, fanatical defensiveness and denial, particularly of outcomes inconsistent with the preferred explanatory… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“With drug use related harms, explanatory models are often presented as predictive tools, even though they ‘are [rarely if ever] predictive of consequent behavior’… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“if we want individuals to take responsibility for their actions we must first establish a rational, effective and empowering means of separating individual responsibility… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“Systems of retributive justice work well as long as they are proportional. However, in complex societies, where the State is the arbiter of justice,… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“A significant factor often overlooked by those considering the failure of drug policy is the general aim of deflecting or assigning responsibility away from… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“Introduction of rational standards to differentiate between acceptable and unacceptable forms of drug related conduct allows us to hold drug users fully accountable for… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“It is easier to exploit and manipulate people if they are fearful or confused, (and discouraged from trusting their own judgment). Our investigation identifies… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“Believing in the possibility of resurrection and eternal life, Christians seek ‘redemption’ through moral behaviour. But moral behaviour does not, in itself, assuage fear… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“We are particularly concerned with the question to what degree approval and implementation of an explanatory model minimising collective or institutional responsibility for certain… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“Moral ideas about what constitutes a meritorious or meaningful use of one’s life and opportunities produce specific attitudes towards drug use and intoxication.” — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
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