LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Deontological Ethics, Mohawk People, Criminal Negligence
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Basically saying that he didn"t do anything, and caused a person"s death. What does that have to do with the law? it"s basically murder, he didn"t the responsibility to see what was happening. take. The key in any legal situation is not only what you know, but also what you don"t know. Distinction between moral obligation to behave in a certain manor and legal obligation to precede in a certain manor. One achieved through the force of law; moral is not. Law and morality cross: facts we have now; woman is now dead. If the woman was already dead from alcohol poisoning. Could also be sexual assault because she did not consent: defences: Moral obligation: no > he could be just as drunk as her, and may not realize she was drunk: what actually happened. The man interfered with the dead body, who then does not want to plead guilty because he thought she was passed out.
