Physical invisibility of another person enables far harsher punishment of them

Evidence

On the naked body of a giant discovered in a crevice in the ground, Gyges, a Lydian shepherd, by chance found a gold ring that made him invisible. Confident in his new power and sure that he would escape the watchful eyes of men, he multiplied his misdeeds, killed the king, and seized the throne with impunity. His enemies could neither avoid his attacks nor defend themselves against him. Invisibility conferred upon him a kind of invulnerability. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 342 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Hostility which goes along with solidarity and understanding in objective matters is indeed, so to speak, clean and certain in its justification. The consciousness of such a differentiation assures us that we do not harbor personal antipathy where it does not belong. But the good conscience bought with this discrimination may under certain circumstances lead to the very intensification of hostility. For where hostility is thus restricted to its real center, which at the same time is the most subjective layer of personality, we sometimes abandon ourselves to it more extensively, passionately, and with more concentration than when the hostile impulse carries with it a ballast of secondary animosities in areas which actually are merely infected by that center. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 305 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Invisible compartmentalization, not invisibility itself, makes crimes permissible; Invisibility from retaliation confers power to act with impunity. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 342; Restricting hostility to one precise target can intensify it dramatically — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 305 (+2 more)

Related

• Invisibility from retaliation confers power to act with impunity. (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Invisible compartmentalization, not invisibility itself, makes crimes permissible #complicates (0.82)
• Invisibility from retaliation confers power to act with impunity. #contradicts (0.80) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 342
• Restricting hostility to one precise target can intensify it dramatically #qualifies (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 305