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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: epicure who wrote (53856)8/6/2002 12:24:04 AM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
It's not clear whether you're talking strict liability or negligence.

If GM makes a car which is capable of driving 90 miles an hour and I drive it 90 in a school zone and kill a child, is GM responsible because they made the car? IMO, that's parallel to the argument that because McDonald's makes a hamburger and parent A feeds their kids too many of them, McDonald's is responsible.

Every product made by anybody has the potential to harm somebody.

Heck, take your teaching. If you look disapprovingly at a child in your classroom because they are misbehaving and they get scared and wet their pants and are embarrassed by that and suffer nightmares, are you responsible for those nightmares? But for your look, they would not have happened, so we do have a but-for relationship. But I don't hold you responsible. Do you hold yourself responsible?
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