poll: who's to blame?
2011-Feb-01, Tuesday 07:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellowtiggerDon'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?
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?
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Date: 2011-Feb-02, Wednesday 11:57 pm (UTC)Janet was the local expert, she knew more than anyone else they could contact. And its possible the information was not faulty, maybe the friend was just a llergic or the sting was in an unlikely place that had unexpected consequences.