I asked you directly whether you could put “barbaric” into economic terms and thus justify this apparent moral judgment in economic terms. You didn’t answer. Could you please do so?
Probably would violate the eighth amendment, which is part of the social contract, and is thus sacred. A cop out? Sue me.
But the bbs is saying
Let others join the conversation
This topic is clearly important to you – you’ve posted more than 24% of the replies here.
Are you sure you’re providing adequate time for other people to share their points of view, too?
And since I find Posner’s ideas to be interesting enough to consider carefully, but not necessarily persuasive, it would be counterproductive for me to comment further.
