Ethics and Problem of Necessity1966 - Law and ethics - 20 pages |
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... Holmes , 27 in which the survivors of a shipwreck were crowded into a longboat that the crew felt would not stay afloat with all its occupants . Holmes , the mate , ordered the crew to throw several men overboard , and himself ...
... Holmes , 27 in which the survivors of a shipwreck were crowded into a longboat that the crew felt would not stay afloat with all its occupants . Holmes , the mate , ordered the crew to throw several men overboard , and himself ...
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... Holmes 72 is that men will always choose to live even though they must kill innocent persons to save their own lives . And if that is true , there seems to be no point either in punishing them or in making the acts criminal , since ...
... Holmes 72 is that men will always choose to live even though they must kill innocent persons to save their own lives . And if that is true , there seems to be no point either in punishing them or in making the acts criminal , since ...
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... Holmes and Dudley & Stephens they tried to deter on the assumption that deterrence in such cases is desirable and achievable . And although both assumptions may be quite unwarranted , the defendants in both cases were found guilty , and ...
... Holmes and Dudley & Stephens they tried to deter on the assumption that deterrence in such cases is desirable and achievable . And although both assumptions may be quite unwarranted , the defendants in both cases were found guilty , and ...
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209 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN A. A. HOEHLING accepted actor Ahad Ha-'Am behavior Bentham cabin boy captain CARDOZO 390 Hall change his course Cicero contract counterfactual conditional crewmen crime criminal law criminal sanctions decision defense of necessity deter dike drowned Dudley & Stephens duty equal value ethical excuse existentialist fallout shelter grounds of necessity Hence Hitchler Hobbes's Holmes Jonah Jowett transl kill L'ETAT DE NÉCESSITÉ legal judgments lifeboats lives lottery MARCHAND 311 merely MODEL PENAL CODE moral and legal moral problems mountain climbers NÉCESSITÉ EN DROIT passengers person Philadelphia Evening Bulletin philosophers plank positive criminal code possible preserve one's problem of necessity PROtagoras punishment question rescued result rowboat rule SAILED INTO OBLIVION sailors sank SCIENCE OF RIGHT selection self-defense ship shipwreck sick and maniacal situations of necessity STATUTE OF JAPAN Statutory Criminal Code supra note Talmud temptation theory threatened thrown overboard utilization vessel women and children WRITINGS OF CARDOZO