PHIL 2260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ex Post Facto Law, Prima Facie, Act Utilitarianism
18 Dec 2013
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Survival on a lifeboat: the queen vs. dudley and stephens. Dudley ate the younger one (parker: parker"s brother understood where the captain is coming from and forgave him for killing parker. What are the conditions for criminal responsibility: coleridge self-preservation is not necessarily in all justifying end; there are more important principles that self-preservation. In general, it"s true but they might be an exception to it. Killing and eating parker was not a necessary duty; thus, you will be punished. Coleridge said the opposite, argues sometimes the captain and the crew have to go down. Ex. like in war, you might die for the men in extreme cases. Captain have higher duty than the citizen, therefore captains might have to sacrifice himself for others. If we can kill people in cases of necessity, Practice to self-preservation, it cannot work well because who gets to judge. Coleridge: therefore it was not necessary to kill parker; still considered as criminal responsibility.
