Stumbled across a laww concepts that splits “power” in this context into finer distinctions.
There is a concept of “qualified immunity”. If a police officer makes an act in the course of official duties lawsuits regarding that should be addressed to the police department not to the individual police officer. Power there does not buy distance to the crime but on the contrary great power leads to great accountability even responcibility for things that do not have rules governing them but maybe should. There it can be clear that a police officer used his judgement and took initiative on his own accord but can still use the organizations blame shield.
It would be silly to say “It was not me who stole, it was my hand”. Focusing on which individual effected the blameworthy action within an organization can distract from the framework that the organization is responcible for the result. So saying that “it was not the hand that was at fault, it was the brain” might be in some sense be more accurate but it is important to catch the point that the human stole, not individual organs.
Stumbled across a laww concepts that splits “power” in this context into finer distinctions.
There is a concept of “qualified immunity”. If a police officer makes an act in the course of official duties lawsuits regarding that should be addressed to the police department not to the individual police officer. Power there does not buy distance to the crime but on the contrary great power leads to great accountability even responcibility for things that do not have rules governing them but maybe should. There it can be clear that a police officer used his judgement and took initiative on his own accord but can still use the organizations blame shield.
It would be silly to say “It was not me who stole, it was my hand”. Focusing on which individual effected the blameworthy action within an organization can distract from the framework that the organization is responcible for the result. So saying that “it was not the hand that was at fault, it was the brain” might be in some sense be more accurate but it is important to catch the point that the human stole, not individual organs.