I’m pretty sure we should. We do not judge anything else by intent. I cannot get paid a million dollars because I intended to do a million dollars worth of work but got high and ate all the tasty, tasty wire sleeves instead.
So if Alice accidentally crashes into another car, and Bob rams another car on purpose, trying to kill the driver, they should both be punished equally?
I’m pretty sure we should. We do not judge anything else by intent. I cannot get paid a million dollars because I intended to do a million dollars worth of work but got high and ate all the tasty, tasty wire sleeves instead.
So if Alice accidentally crashes into another car, and Bob rams another car on purpose, trying to kill the driver, they should both be punished equally?
Yes.