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It does not follow from the definition of suicide that responsibility lies solely with the victim.
by mistercow 13y ago
It does not follow from the definition of suicide that responsibility lies solely with the victim.
- philwelch 13y agoThe responsibility for any act lies with the person who committed it. I think you can work out the rest of the syllogism from there.
- mistercow 13y agoDeath is not an act, it's a consequence. So even if we accept that a person cannot bear any responsibility for someone else's actions, they can still bear responsibility for the consequences. The premise that a person bears sole responsibility for the consequences of their actions is untenable as no consequence has a single cause.