Justice In Black Mirror's White Bear

Black Mirror’s second season, episode two titled White Bear, opens with the woman unable to recall her identity. She only knows her name, Victoria Skillane, and all the while, she is surrounded by pictures of a young girl and a man, who she assumes to be her daughter. As she steps out of her house, Victoria notices that every individual she sees records her, not replying to her questions. Soon after the recording begins, figures in masks follow and attempt to kill her.

The episode climaxes when Victoria manages to hold a gun and shoot it at her perpetrators, but confetti pops out. The wall opens, revealing an audience; Victoria was placed in simulation without her knowledge. It is revealed that she and her fiance kidnapped a young girl, Jemimah. Her fiance tortured and killed Jemimah- while Victoria recorded with her smartphone. After being caught, Victoria pleaded guilty- the court decided to
To compel others to be virtuous-impossible in Kant’s perspective as “morals constitute as free will; yet, law can be utilized to shape the ethics of an individual and punish those who refuse to abide by these laws” (George, Smith). In executing consequences for breaking the law, Kant states consequently, if a certain use of freedom is itself a hindrance to freedom according to universal laws (that is, is unjust), then the use of coercion to counteract it, inasmuch as it is the preservation of a hindrance to freedom, is consistent with freedom according to universal laws (Kant, Immanuel, and John Ladd 35). This can be interpreted as issuing an equal amount of justice compared to the sentence of the crime, as he implies that rights must be respected and to prevent the injustices- the consequences ought to be consistent[with the