Philosophy 2080 Lecture 16: PhiLaw Week 16

• School: Western University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy 2080
• Professor: James Hildebrand

Document Summary

So much about reasonable and what"s wrapped up in our conceptions and how we enforce them on other people. This is case about interpretation of statute, entirely about objective and subjective standard of mens rea. How we interpret what appears to be mens rea words, but really criminal negligence (reckless or careless behavior) we"re careless enough to know someone"s going to be really hurt by what we do. Religious parents have a diabetic son who is insulin-dependent: he was diagnosed in 1979 at which time they were informed about the disease, treatment, how to give insulin, etc. They were also told that he would always have the disease they even took a course about how to care for him and treat the disease. Still, they wanted him to be cured so they prayed: at one point in time the parents believed that he had been cured by divine intervention so they stopped the insulin injections.