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

[litch.livejournal.com]

I don't see the difference in the distinction you make between blame and responsibility. Blame is just a function of responsibility when outcomes are unwanted. If one is responsible and shit goes wrong you are to blame, if one is not responsible then you are not to blame, your blame is in response to the amount of responsability you have for determining the outcome.