poll: who's to blame?

2011-Feb-01, Tuesday 07:22 am
mellowtigger: (Terry 2010)
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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?

Oooh! Good point.

Date: 2011-Feb-02, Wednesday 12:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caestus.livejournal.com
I was caught and didn't even think to challenge the unstated premises of that vague category of assumptions.

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