poll: who's to blame?

[mellowtigger]

Don't google. All comments are screened until I post the results on Wednesday, so you can't be influenced by others' answers.

Scenario: Janet and a friend are kayaking in a part of ocean with many jellyfish. The friend asks Janet if she should go for a swim. Janet has just read that the jellyfish in the area are harmless, and tells her friend to go for a swim. The friend is stung by a jellyfish and dies.

Q: Is Janet morally responsible for her friend's death?

Comments

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

No, she isn't morally wrong, because she believed that they were harmless, however wrong. You go with the info you have, and you can never be 100% certain of anything.

If she'd ignored or known they were, then yes.