There is an old story about an old man who has to cross a desert.
He has two enemies.
One night the first enemy slips into his tent, and puts poison in his water bottle. Later the same night, the second enemy, not knowing of this, slips into his tent and puts a tiny puncture into the bottle.
In the morning, the man sets off across the desert; when the time comes to drink water, there is nothing in the bottle. As a consequence, he dies from thirst.
Who murdered him?
The defence lawyer of the first man argues that, admittedly, his client attempted to poison the man. But he failed; the victim took no poison.
The defence lawyer of the second man argues: it’s true that my client attempted to deprive the old man of water. But he failed; all he did was deprive him of the poison, and you cannot murder someone by doing that.
How do we solve this ethical dilemma?
Definetely not your typical crime case and a really curious one. The man was obviously meant to die no matter what. Both men can be found guilty of attempted murder. A funny thing to know would be which of those men feel guilty about it.
clearly the old man did not get very far. as a matter of fact, he was but one day’s journey from the village which had been his lifelong home. now, according to regional custom, the village was once again responsible for the man’s case. hence the difficulty in clear judgment. after all, it was the village which had impressed upon the old man the necessity of his departure. the case was merely a formality, then, a means of persuading the clans of both men to bury the old man from out of the midst of the community or risk becoming impure themselves and requiring banishment.
They are both equally guilty. The intent to murder was pregnant in both! The clever reasoning of either lawyer, will not stand up in a court of justice.
Wether such a court exists or not is the true matter of the debate.
I think the poor guy signed his own imperial order of death!
No one should have such deep sleep in the middle of nowhere. Personally, I would have slept with one eye shot and the other one wide open. At least two people visited him while he was snoring.. Evidently he didn’t hear any of them.. Too bad! It could have been a rattlesnake shaking the rattle while hissing and guess what? He would have been still dreaming his favorite lullaby song along with a quick bite!
That said, I think in a perfect world, both criminal minds should be prosecuted for murderous intentions provided that the rattlesnake didin’t bite him beforehand!
I don’t think there is a dilemma here. The first man is guilty of attempted murder. The second is guilty of murder ad the crime took place with no knowledge of the existence of the poison. So the second man succeeded in denying the victim water and cannot use the defence of protecting the victim from the poison as he had no knowledge of its existence.
They just needed to hire OJ Simpson’s attorney… Blood splattered clothes, Hunting knife, DNA, no alibi and he got him off… He must surely be the greatest defence attorney ever? It could be argued the old man died by his own hand, for failing to check his equipment before setting off, but that’s a bit of a boring reply… Can we have some better scenarios? Where by Cad can add his usual puerile innuendo to his reply?
The mental imagery created in this piece paints a picture ripe with moral ambiguity. It’s clear that the poisoner should be charged with attempted murder if it can be proven in fact by testing the bottle that the trace amount of poison residue can be linked to him. Since the second man did in fact accomplish the goal of depriving him of thirst the he should be charged with homicide. Small hole or not, that act did cause the liquid to eventually leak out. Ultimately though, it is the man’s stupidity for not checking his supplies that caused his untimely death. Had he done so he would have realized he had no water and thus gotten a new bottle in which case neither of his enemies would be charged. Who goes on a desert hike with one bottle of water?
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