Murder? Attempted Murder?
September 12, 2017
From: A
Sent:
To: Walter Block
Subject: Murder question
Dear Walter, A friend asked me this question. Any ideas? Suppose you are traveling through the desert with just enough water to get to the other side. X wants to kill you and poisons your water in the middle of the night. A few minutes later, Y, who also wants to kill you, dumps the water, not knowing it was poisoned. You then die of dehydration. Who gets charged with murder? Thanks a lot! A
Dear A: In my view, X is guilty of attempted murder. Y is guilty of murder
Dr. Block [send him mail] is a professor of economics at Loyola University New Orleans. He is the author of Defending the Undefendable, The Case for Discrimination, Labor Economics From A Free Market Perspective, Building Blocks for Liberty, Differing Worldviews in Higher Education, and The Privatization of Roads and Highways. His latest book is Yes to Ron Paul and Liberty.
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