My feelings move towards the ultimate responsibility is on society (all of us) for not creating a better system. Though there are always going to be people that just don’t give a fuck.
My feelings move towards the ultimate responsibility is on society (all of us) for not creating a better system. Though there are always going to be people that just don’t give a fuck.
I believe in free will, so the individual. There’s plenty of nuance to it though, what kind of crime, why they did it, etc. But ultimately it’s the person’s choice to do it.
That depends on what you consider a choice, “Steal food or starve to death”, “Be in debt or kill yourself” are “choices” too but they are a far cry from a rational, realistic choice. The way you phrase it made it seem like any choice of crime, no matter how ridiculous the alternative is, a fault of the person.
If that is the case, I would have to disagree. Sometimes it is truly the fault of the society for not Providing any rational alternatives or ways to attain it without crime. The two primary choices that come to mind are food and medicine.