Kingreaper comments on Blood Feud 2.0 - Less Wrong

-1 Post author: Strange7 29 November 2010 02:12PM

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Comment author: Kingreaper 29 November 2010 07:16:59PM 1 point [-]

The causal chain must be traced back to the most recent point where it was sensitive to a conscious decision in a mind capable of considering the law, because that's the only point where distant deterrence or encouragement could have an effect.

I disagree.

Why stop at the most recent point?

If I pay someone to commit a crime, they are the most recent point; but I am still culpable of the crime, am I not?

Comment author: FAWS 29 November 2010 09:17:05PM 0 points [-]

Agreed, and that's because if your hireling had not been the sort of person who accepts such offers you would presumably have found someone else.

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